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The Lively-Baldoni Legal Supernova Expands

News and notes on the latest in the Lively-Baldoni saga—from the Leslie Sloane escape attempt to the attorney’s-eyes-only memo—plus some victories for Jay-Z and Francis Ford Coppola.

Baldoni and Lively
Sloane, Lively’s publicist, filed a motion aimed at dismissing the often-baffling 224-page complaint that Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s attorney, lodged weeks ago in a New York federal court. Photo: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Eriq Gardner
February 26, 2025

A few days ago, Leslie Sloane became the first person to attempt to fully extricate herself from the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni legal quicksand. Sloane, Lively’s publicist, filed a motion aimed at dismissing the often-baffling 224-page complaint that Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s attorney, lodged weeks ago in a New York federal court. Represented by Sigrid McCawley at Boies Schiller, Sloane makes both compelling and questionable arguments to break free.