Some of Blake Lively and It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni’s famous friends and collaborators may have to testify in their 2026 trial.

Lively filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her former coworker in December 2024, accusing Baldoni of creating a “hostile work environment” and conducting a “social manipulation” campaign to “destroy” Lively’s reputation. Baldoni denied all accusations and countersued in January 2025, though Lively successfully petitioned a New York district court judge to dismiss the case that June.

Both sides refocused their legal battle on a looming civil trial, which is set to begin on March 9, 2026, unless an out-of-court settlement is somehow reached.

Lively has already confirmed she will testify at trial as she seeks at least $161 million in damages — b

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