Blake Lively Issues Subpoena to Scooter Braun Amid Justin Baldoni Legal Battle — Report

Blake Vigorous has reportedly subpoenaed music mogul Scooter Braun as a part of her ongoing authorized battle towards It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni. The subpoena seeks paperwork and knowledge associated to an alleged smear marketing campaign towards Vigorous following her sexual harassment claims.

Blake Vigorous subpoenas Scooter Braun in connection to Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit

Scooter Braun’s firm, HYBE America, obtained a subpoena discover on June 10. Blake Vigorous’s authorized crew plans to serve the paperwork on June 12. It was later reported that each HYBE America and Braun himself have been subpoenaed.

The transfer comes after a federal decide dismissed Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation countersuit towards Vigorous, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist on June 9. The lawsuit, set for trial in March 2026, is about Vigorous’s allegations that Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set of It Ends With Us and later retaliated by orchestrating a adverse PR marketing campaign.

So, why Braun? His involvement stems from HYBE America’s majority stake in The Company Group (TAG). It’s a disaster PR agency run by Melissa Nathan. Vigorous’s lawsuit claims Nathan helped Baldoni plant damaging tales about her in retaliation for talking out. The subpoena goals to uncover any communications or paperwork Braun or HYBE America might have relating to Nathan’s alleged function within the smear marketing campaign.

Nonetheless, Braun’s connection seems to be extra peripheral than direct. In actual fact, the one point out of Braun in some filings is from a former publicist’s August 2024 textual content message. It learn, “No less than they didn’t point out Scooter,” referring to experiences that Baldoni had employed TAG to deal with disaster PR in the course of the movie’s manufacturing backlash. (through Deadline)

Textual content messages filed in court docket counsel discussions about “planting tales concerning the weaponization of feminism.” Additionally linking Vigorous to Taylor Swift, who has publicly feuded with Braun previously. Sarcastically, Swift was not too long ago subpoenaed in the identical case, although Baldoni’s crew later withdrew the request.

With Baldoni’s countersuit largely dismissed, Vigorous’s authorized crew is pushing ahead, searching for proof to help her claims. The subpoena to Braun may reveal essential particulars concerning the alleged PR retaliation, additional shaping the high-profile case.