In the latest development in the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, Lively맥스카지노�s lawyers Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb have confirmed that the actress intends to take the stand when the case heads to trial next year.맥스카지노�This is a case about what happened to Blake Lively when she raised claims of sexual harassment on set and the retaliation that followed. Of course she will testify,맥스카지노� Hudson and Gottlieb said in a statement to CNN on Thursday.Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation in a complaint first filed with the California Civil Rights Department in December, preceding a lawsuit that followed about a week later. She also claimed that Baldoni, along with his PR representatives, orchestrated a 맥스카지노�social manipulation campaign맥스카지노� to hurt her reputation in the media while they were promoting 맥스카지노�It Ends with Us,맥스카지노� their 2024 film at the center of the dispute.First reported by People, Gottlieb said on Thursday that Lively plans to testify because 맥스카지노�the ultimate moment for a plaintiff맥스카지노�s story to be told is at trial.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�We expect that to be the case here (with Lively),맥스카지노� he added. 맥스카지노�So we would, of course, expect her to be a witness at her trial.맥스카지노�When reached for comment on Thursday, Baldoni맥스카지노�s lawyer Bryan Freedman said, 맥스카지노�Although obviously uncomfortable for the Lively parties, the truth is not a distraction. The truth has been clearly shown through unedited receipts, documents and real life footage.맥스카지노�In an amended complaint filed in February, Lively alleged other women also raised claims about Baldoni맥스카지노�s behavior on set.Freedman previously denied the allegations in a statement to CNN, saying, 맥스카지노�These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.맥스카지노�Gottlieb stopped short of confirming whether Lively맥스카지노�s husband Ryan Reynolds will testify at trial, saying that it맥스카지노�s his belief that Baldoni맥스카지노�s allegations against Reynolds are 맥스카지노�frivolous.맥스카지노�Along with Lively, Reynolds is named as a defendant in the $400 million defamation lawsuit Baldoni filed in January.Baldoni has accused Reynolds of assisting Lively in 맥스카지노�hijacking맥스카지노� his film and taking down his career. He claimed that Reynolds, who had no formal role on 맥스카지노�It Ends With Us,맥스카지노� re-wrote a scene and made 맥스카지노�unauthorized changes to the script in secret.맥스카지노� Baldoni also accused Reynolds of reprimanding him at the couple맥스카지노�s home in New York and alleged Reynolds made fun of him in 맥스카지노�Deadpool & Wolverine,맥스카지노� mirroring the character Nicepool after Baldoni in an effort to mock him.In March, Gottlieb filed a request for Reynolds to be dropped as a defendant from Baldoni맥스카지노�s suit, claiming that his argument against Reynolds has no legal bounds and amounts to 맥스카지노�hurt feelings.맥스카지노�If Reynolds is dropped as a defendant, then he 맥스카지노�may or may not be a fact witness맥스카지노� at trial, Gottlieb added.There are other individuals who will be testifying at trial to support Lively맥스카지노�s claims, said Gottlieb, adding that these individuals 맥스카지노�were witnesses to or experienced misconduct that is relevant to Ms. Lively맥스카지노�s claims맥스카지노� and that he expects these witnesses to testify about 맥스카지노�what took place on set.맥스카지노�Baldoni also accused Lively in his defamation suit of working to 맥스카지노�destroy맥스카지노� him professionally by collaborating with The New York Times on an article about the complaint she filed with the California Civil Rights Department in December.Baldoni, who directed and starred alongside Lively in 맥스카지노�It Ends with Us,맥스카지노� also filed a libel suit against The New York Times in January, in which he claimed that the newspaper published an article 맥스카지노�rife with inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions.맥스카지노�A spokesperson for The New York Times told CNN at the time that the publication plans to 맥스카지노�vigorously defend against the lawsuit.맥스카지노�Both Baldoni and Lively맥스카지노�s attorneys have previously said that they do not intend to settle. The trial is currently set for March 2026.