The actress filed a request for the deposition of Texas-based independent contractor Jed Wallace, whose company Street Relations specializes in "public relations and crisis management services." Lively's legal team claims Wallace played a critical role in " (weaponizing) a digital army around the country" against her.

A New York judge set a March 2026 trial date on Monday and moved an initial conference from mid-February to next week as the public feud between Blake

Baldoni, who directed and co-starred alongside Lively in the film It Ends With Us, called himself a “very flawed man” in the nearly seven-minute audio message.