的律师布莱克·莱弗利和贾斯汀·贝尔杜尼在即将到来的审判前聚集在法庭上。
法律团队将于周二与纽约南区法官刘易斯·李曼会面，敲定审判的细节，包括审判的时长、证人隔离以及双方将被允许提供哪些专家和证据。
陪审团的选择定于5月18日开始，当天就可以听到开庭陈述。
潜在的陪审员将被问及他们对性骚扰指控的看法。
根据陪审团的调查问卷，有一个问题包括，“关于莱弗利女士提出的指控的主题或性质，包括性骚扰、歧视和报复，是否有任何事情会让你难以以对双方开放的态度考虑本案中的证据?”
未来的陪审员还将被问及他们个人是否认识泰勒·斯威夫特、瑞安·雷诺兹和一长串其他名人，以及他们是否看过电影《我们结束了》或者看电影改编的书。
莱弗利于2024年12月向加州民权部门提交了对巴尔多尼的投诉，指控他在《我们结束了》的片场进行性骚扰，并指控巴尔多尼和他的制作公司Wayfarer Studios从事“社会操纵”活动，以“破坏”她的名誉。
两人后来在纽约相互提起诉讼，Lively重申了她在早些时候的投诉中提出的主张，并指控Baldoni和Wayfarer涉嫌参与“非法的，报复性的astroturfing”以破坏她的名誉，要求5亿美元的赔偿。
巴尔多尼的律师否认了这些指控。
在莱弗利提起诉讼后不久，巴尔多尼以敲诈和诽谤为由，对莱弗利、她的丈夫瑞安·雷诺兹和这对夫妇的公关人员提起了4亿美元的反诉，声称莱弗利“剥夺”了他对这部电影的控制权，并破坏了他的声誉。
莱弗利的律师否认了这些指控，并称巴尔多尼的诉讼是“施虐者剧本的另一章”
纽约的联邦法官驳回了巴尔多尼的诉讼去年六月，正式结束Baldoni没有重新提交修改后的诉状后，10月份提出了反诉。
本月初，李曼还解雇的莱弗利指控巴尔多尼的大部分案件，包括她声称在片场受到性骚扰。
根据李曼的裁决，莱弗利被允许对巴尔多尼的公关团队涉嫌伤害她的名誉进行某些报复。
今年2月，这两位演员在纽约市的法庭上花了6个小时试图解决莱弗利对巴尔多尼的诉讼，但没有成功。
法院下令召开的和解会议是解决这场迄今已持续一年多的法律纠纷的最后努力。
Legal teams for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni to meet ahead of trial
Attorneys forBlake LivelyandJustin Baldoniare gathering in court ahead of the upcoming trial.
The legal teams will meet with New York Southern District Judge Lewis Liman on Tuesday to iron out details of the trial, including the trial's length, witness sequestration and which experts and evidence each side will be allowed to present.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin May 18, and opening statements could be heard that same day.
Potential jurors will be asked about their opinions on sexual harassment claims.
According to the jury questionnaire, one question includes, "Is there anything about the subject matter or nature of the allegations made by Ms. Lively – which include sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation – that would make it difficult for you to consider the evidence in this case with an open mind to both sides?"
Prospective jurors will also be asked whether they personally know Taylor Swift, Ryan Reynolds and a long list of other celebrities and if they've seen the movie "It Ends With Us"or read the book on which the movie is based.
Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department in December 2024, accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of "It Ends with Us" and accusing both Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios of engaging in a "social manipulation" campaign to "destroy" her reputation.
The two later filed lawsuits against each other in New York, with Lively reiterating the claims made in her earlier complaint and accusing Baldoni and Wayfarer of allegedly engaging in "unlawful, retaliatory astroturfing" to ruin her reputation in a lawsuit seeking $500 million in damages.
Baldoni's attorney denied the allegations.
Shortly after Lively filed her lawsuit, Baldoni filed a $400 million countersuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and the couple's publicist for extortion and defamation, claiming Lively had "robbed" him of control over the film and had destroyed his reputation.
Lively's lawyers denied the allegations and called Baldoni's suit "another chapter in the abuser playbook."
A federal judge in New Yorkdismissed Baldoni's suitlast June,formally endingthe counterclaim in October after Baldoni did not refile an amended complaint.
Earlier this month, Liman alsodismissedmuch of Lively's case against Baldoni, including her claims she was subjected to sexual harassment on set.
Lively is allowed to pursue certain claims of retaliation against Baldoni's public relations team over alleged harm to her reputation, according to Liman's ruling.
In February, the two actors spent six hours inside a New York City courtroom in an attempt to settle Lively's lawsuit against Baldoni, but were unsuccessful.
The court-ordered settlement conference was a last-ditch attempt at resolving the legal battle that has now stretched on for more than a year.
