Justin Baldoni unexpectedly sits in on Blake Lively’s deposition as ‘It Ends With Us’ battle heats up: report

Blake Lively is being deposed at her lawyer’s office in New York City Thursday for her ongoing “It Ends With Us” legal battle — and a surprise guest is reportedly in the room.

TMZ reported that Justin Baldoni was present for the contentious face-off.

Ahead of Thursday, the “Gossip Girl” alum’s lawyers fought her former co-star’s lawyers over where the deposition would take place.

She requested to have the sit-down held on her turf, at her lawyers’ offices, in order to avoid pap shots.

However, the Wayfarer Studios co-founder’s counsel argued that Lively being deposed at her lawyers’ firm could put them at a disadvantage, as they’d need their own space to confer in private.

“Although Lively’s foot-stomping and use of her celebrity status may have enabled her to seize control of the film, which is the crux of this dispute, her counsel’s tantrum has no place in this Court,” they hit back.

Lively has always been open to testifying on the stand to further back her claims that Baldoni, 41, sexually harassed her on set of their 2024 movie and launched a smear campaign to “destroy” her reputation.

“The ultimate moment for a plaintiff’s story to be told is at trial,” her lawyer Mike Gottlieb told People in May. “The ultimate moment for a plaintiff’s story to be told is at trial.”

He continued, “We expect that to be the case here [with Lively]. So we would, of course, expect her to be a witness at her trial. Of course she’s going to testify.”

However, the “Another Simple Favor” star apparently became concerned her deposition would become a “public spectacle” after Baldoni’s lead attorney, Bryan Freedman, made a shocking suggestion about it.

“Since Ms. Lively is open to testifying, let’s make it count. Hold the deposition at MSG, sell tickets or stream it, and donate every dollar to organizations helping victims of domestic abuse,” he said.

Ultimately, the judge in the case sided with Lively earlier this week, ruling that her request to choose her own deposition location had been granted.

As for Baldoni’s lawyers’ concerns, the judge noted via court docs Page Six obtained, “Lively will make arrangements for opposing counsel to have a dedicated computer and the ability to print and copy documents in the space chosen by Lively.”

Freedman and his team’s goal is to prove that Lively’s allegations about their famous client are false.

They have already released a website with private texts between the former co-stars and raw video footage from the set of “It Ends With Us” in an effort to disprove her allegations.

However, Lively has maintained that the evidence leaked only further “corroborates” her claims, and that she is not alone in her beliefs, as Baldoni allegedly made several other women “uncomfortable” on set.

The “Jane the Virgin” alum has adamantly denied Lively’s allegations, and even filed a $400 million defamation and extortion lawsuit against her and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, in response.

However, the judge tossed out that suit in June, citing that any statements Lively had made in her California Civil Rights Department were “privileged” and therefore she could not be sued over them.

The highly publicized legal battle has a trial date scheduled to begin in March 2026.