Lively is accusing Baldoni and others of smearing her in the press after she complained about sexual harassment on set. Baldoni fired back with defamation lawsuits against her, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and the New York Times, while his attorney Bryan Freedman has waged an aggressive PR campaign to push back against her claims.

A judge has threatened to move up the trial date in the case of Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively if it continues to be “litigated in the press.”

Justin Baldoni’s legal battle with his “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively has left him “devastated financially and emotionally,” his lawyer Bryan Freedman said Monday at a pre-trial conference in Manhattan.