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Hunt/Getty Nicholas ImagesA judge has given to a delay Justin BaldoniClose for legal proceedings $ 250 million against The New York Times.
Judge Lewis J. Liman permissible The New York Times‘Request to keep a discovery on Tuesday, March 4, according to documents. During this time the judge will review Offer to be dismissed of the legal case.
“The road parties are unlikely to be unfairly prejudiced by stay while the court decides on the forthcoming proposal,” wrote the federal judge about Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, his CEO, his cashier Steve Sorrowitzand publisher Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel in order of five pages obtained by Close on Tuesday.
“The The Times Filing was not delayed; He filed the offer within 21 days of being served, ”he added, by outlet. “The court intends to address the proposal to dismiss promptly after it is fully submitted. To the extent that the road parties are concerned about delays, they have within their power to further accelerate their revised complaint or their opposition to the proposal to dismiss. The road parties themselves suggest that finding from The Times unlikely to be bulky. “
Bryan Beddder According to the deadline, the outlet filed in a federal court in New York on Friday, February 28, defending his report from Blake Lively’s charges against Baldoni, 40, on the set (…)
Following the decision of the judge, a spokesman for The New York Times tackled the small legal victory of the paper.
“We appreciate the court’s decision today, which recognizes the important first reform values at stake here,” and New York Times A spokesman said in a statement to Weekly US on Tuesday. “The court has prevented Mr Baldoni from burden The Times With discovery applications in a case he should never have been stolen. “
Us reached out to Baldoni for comments.
Judge’s decision comes four days after The New York Times File motion requires being removed from the legal case. The outlet also defended his report from Blake Lively’s accusations against Baldoni, 40, on a set It ends with us.
Justin Baldoni and Blake lively
Sony photos“As our proposal shows, this case should never have been brought against The New York Times”Said a spokesman Us On Friday, February 28. “Blake Lively raised serious concerns about the way she was treated on the set and after the film’s release. We did exactly what news organizations should do: we informed the public from the complaint he filed with the California Civil Rights Department. Mr. Gambigotten’s Campaign Baldoni against The Times – Questioning our ethics, trying to discredit our reports, filing an unrivaled legal case – will not calm us down. “
In December 2024, The New York Times publish a story in which Lively, 37, accused her It ends with us Director and Costar sexual harassment and organize a cervical campaign against her. (Following the New York Times story, vibrant Suede baldoni for sexual harassment and revenge.)
Baldoni denied the allegations and thereafter sue The New York Timesclaiming that the media company “selects cherry” communicates and omits context that he is alleged to mislead readers in his article “We Can Bury Neb: Inside and Hollywood Smear Machine.”
James Devaney/GC images The New York Times has denied Justin Baldoni’s latest legal allegations for his part reported in Blake Lively’s legal case. “Baldoni/Wayfarer legal filing is rampant with inaccuracies for the New York Times, including, for example, the fake claims that the Times has early access to the State Civil Rights complaint Ms. Lively, ”and (…)
At the time, and New York Times Speaker stood by his story, numerous Us In a statement that the outlet intends to “vigorously defend against the legal proceedings.”
“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead,” read the statement. “Careful and responsible for our story was reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and the E -bysts we quote correctly and extensively in the article. Those texts and e -witnesses were also at the heart of a discrimination claim filed in California by Blake Lively against Justin Baldoni and his associates. “
Baldoni also filed a Legal case defamation $ 400 million against a lively, her husband, Ryan Reynoldsand lively publisher Leslie Sloane. Slone, for her part, has filed a proposal to extract himself from the legal proceedings.
