Blake Lively fears info related to her ‘profound mental health issues’ might get leaked amid legal drama
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are seeking protection of their text messages with their celebrity pals and sensitive data amid their ongoing legal fight with Justin Baldoni.
The 37-year-old actress is also worried that Baldoni's camp might leak information related to her “profound mental health issues.” Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman, however, has slammed their move, calling it “unnecessary,” Yahoo! reported.
On Thursday, March 6, during a hearing in Manhattan federal court, Lively's attorney Meryl Conant Governski said, “There is a significant chance of irreparable harm if marginal conversations with high profile individuals with no relevance to the case were to fall into wrong hands.”
Blake Lively’s legal team demands extra protection on sensitive data
“There are 100 million reasons for these parties to leak information because the PR value is greater than complying with the court’s orders,” Governski claimed.
The lawyer also requested an “Attorney’s Eyes Only” provision imposed on sensitive information, including “speaking about children, profound mental health issues or locations of private residences or homes,” as reported by Rolling Stone.
Though Governski did not accuse Baldoni's lawyers of compromising Lively and Reynold's security, she added that the opposite party includes people “whose entire living is based on providing information to the press and content creators.”
Justin Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman slams Blake Lively’s move
But Justin Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman called the ‘It Ends With Us’ star and her husband’s legal team’s plea for “attorney eyes only” category “unnecessary.”
He also stated that it was “offensive that anyone would suggest that we would disregard a protective order.”
“We shouldn’t be put in a position where we are the ones that have to run to court every single time just to give the attorney’s eyes only protection … My client has a right to defend themself,” Freedman added.
Blake Lively’s team justifies legal move to protect sensitive data
Judge Lewis J Liman has reportedly not passed any judgment regarding the new move. He, however, said that the court is “strong in terms of protecting the rights of the public.”
Meanwhile, Lively’s representative told Page Six, “All of the parties agree that there is sensitive information in this case that should be shielded from public disclosure—the Wayfarer Parties’ proposed order would do that.”
“The dispute is about whether a narrow category of already non-public information should be accessible only to attorneys rather than the parties. That type of provision is standard civil cases, including in litigation in which Bryan Freedman appeared as counsel,” the spokesperson added.
