The It Ends With Us legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni continues to escalate, with Baldoni’s team pushing back against Lively’s request for a stronger protective order.

Lively’s lawyers last week cited threats and harassment against her family in a request to keep sensitive discovery materials private, People reported. But on Tuesday, Baldoni’s attorneys argued in a letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman that Lively is trying to “prevent the public” from accessing more evidence.

The filing comes days after Lively amended her lawsuit to allege that Baldoni made two female cast members “uncomfortable” on set. The update also adds new defamation claims and names crisis PR consultant Jed Wallace as a defendant; Wallace has since sued Lively for $7 million in Texas.

Meanwhile, Lively’s longtime publicist, Leslie Sloane, is fighting to be removed from Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit, arguing she was “dragged” into the case as a distraction.

Earlier this month, Lively’s team subpoenaed Baldoni’s phone and internet records, aiming to “expose the people, tactics and methods” behind an alleged smear campaign. Baldoni’s lawyers have asked Judge Liman to quash the subpoenas “as promptly as possible.”

Liman previously warned both sides to stop litigating the case in the media, cautioning that he may move up the trial, currently set for March 2026.

On Feb. 1, Baldoni launched a new website containing an amended complaint as well as a timeline of alleged text messages between him and Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.

In December, Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint, accusing Baldoni and others of a smear campaign after she raised concerns about Baldoni’s alleged behavior.

Baldoni denied the claims and countersued the New York Times for libel after it reported on Lively’s allegations. He later filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and their publicists in January, alleging defamation and extortion. That same month, Lively initiated a federal lawsuit against Baldoni, reiterating her claims of harassment and retaliation.

As both parties continue to present their cases, the entertainment industry is watching closely and anticipating further developments in the high-profile saga.