Blake Vigorous’s Attorneys Search to Sanction Justin Baldoni’s Facet for ‘Deposition Misconduct’

Blake Vigorous’s attorneys are in search of sanctions on Justin Baldoni’s authorized group, alleging ‘deposition misconduct.’

The attorneys made the request to U.S. District Court docket Choose Lewis J. Liman in a Dec. 19 letter reviewed by ipromiseyoumedia. Vigorous’s attorneys additionally complained in a supporting exhibit that attorneys for Baldoni requested questions on her sexual historical past and displayed a “fundamental lack of decorum” throughout depositions.

“All through discovery, a number of protection counsel insisted on making talking objections, usually in depositions they weren’t defending, and consuming time on the file to demean and orate,” writes Vigorous’s lawyer, Michael J. Gottlieb.

Vigorous’s attorneys mentioned they requested opposing counsel to cease in a Sept. 29. letter citing “inappropriate and unprofessional habits.”

Vigorous’s attorneys wrote in September, “Ms. Vigorous’s sexual and/or romantic historical past has no bearing on the issues at concern on this case and we won’t tolerate such examination,” in response to courtroom paperwork.

The submitting argues that any questioning alongside these traces is improper and irrelevant to the case.

Vigorous’s lawyer additionally cited rape protect legislation, which is designed to guard survivors of sexual abuse or assault from being questioned about their sexual historical past in courtroom.

Of their request for sanctions, the attorneys requested for the courtroom to compel a Baldoni knowledgeable witness to be compelled to sit down for an additional deposition because the his attorneys “impeded, delayed, and pissed off the honest examination” the primary time, in addition to charges incurred for the supplemental deposition.

In Could, attorneys for Vigorous, 38, beforehand moved to sanction Baldoni, 41. Vigorous’s protection filed a movement in search of sanctions within the type of attorneys’ charges in opposition to all plaintiffs, together with attorneys for Baldoni, accusing plaintiffs Steve Sarowitz, Jamey Heath, Melissa Nathan, Jennifer Abel and their authorized groups groups of, partly, making “frivolous, baseless claims in opposition to” Vigorous.

The Movement claims that “Plaintiffs’ Counsel acted willfully with the intent of harassing Ms. Vigorous, inflicting pointless delay, and growing the price of litigation.”

Referring to a previous suggestion from Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman that he “would take Ms. Vigorous’s deposition at Madison Sq. Backyard, cost tickets for admission to attend, and livestream the testimony for the world to look at,” Vigorous’s group condemned the “ghoulish taunt,” including that “federal courts are venues for the adjudication of justice, not playgrounds for retribution or public relations.”

The newest request for sanctions comes amid the continued authorized battle between Vigorous and Baldoni. In December 2024, Vigorous filed a lawsuit in opposition to Baldoni, her It Ends with Us costar and director, in addition to his Wayfarer Studios colleagues, who produced the movie, his publicist and disaster PR group.

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Vigorous alleged that she skilled sexual harassment by the hands of Baldoni and was the sufferer of a retaliatory on-line smear marketing campaign after she spoke up about it. Baldoni denies Vigorous’s allegations.

ipromiseyoumedia has reached out to representatives for Vigorous and Baldoni for remark. The trial is scheduled to start in Could 18, 2026.

The events have a court-mandated settlement convention scheduled for Feb. 11.