Hollywood power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have intensified their legal efforts to silence Justin Baldoni amid their ongoing feud.

Ryan Reynolds shared photos from his talk at Harvard Business School on his Instagram Stories Wednesday, Jan. 22, amid his and wife Blake Lively's legal battle with Justin Baldoni

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation and extortion on Thursday in the latest move in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds spent time with her “A Simple Favor 2” co-star Michele Morrone in the midst of their nasty legal battle with Justin Baldoni.

Justin Baldoni responded to the gag order request by Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds after the couple moved to silence his lawyers.

Sources close to the “Jane the Virgin” alum argue that attorney Bryan Freedman has merely been defending his client from Lively’s alleged “takedown campaign.”

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A New York court has also set a March 2026 trial date and intends to consolidate the crisscrossing lawsuits between Lively and her director and co-star, who is suing both Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds.