Blake Lively requests a stronger protective order after receiving ‘violent messages’ amid Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Blake Lively has asked a judge for a stronger protective order after receiving “violent” messages amid her ongoing legal battle with It Ends with Us co-star Justin Baldoni. Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, have submitted a letter to a judge in New York asking for a stronger protective order than the court’s “model” one. The letter also references the online backlash Lively faced last year, claiming it was “so vicious that Meta publicly stated that that ‘kind of online harassment is wrong and we condemn it.” Reynolds and Lively’s attorneys have argued that the release of certain information is “entirely foreseeable, probable, and inevitable,” and that could result in the couple’s privacy being violated, “exposing them to threats, and creating a climate of possible witness intimidation.” In her amended complaint, which was filed on Tuesday and obtained by The Independent, Lively addressed some of the backlash she received last summer due to Baldoni’s alleged smear campaign. Though the women are unnamed, the document states that they have “given Ms. Lively permission to share the substance of their communications” and “they will testify and produce responsive documents in the discovery process.” Rumors of a feud between Baldoni and Lively on the set of It Ends with Us — based on the Colleen Hoover book of the same name — started percolating online last year, as they appeared to avoid each other during the film’s promotional tour.