Blake Lively Subpoenas Major Media Figures in Justin Baldoni Smear Campaign Case
- On July 1, 2025, Blake Lively’s legal team issued subpoenas to Perez Hilton, Candace Owens, and Andy Signore for communications with Justin Baldoni to prove a smear campaign.
- Last December, Lively filed a harassment claim alleging Baldoni's sexual misconduct and orchestrated smear campaign, with a recent judge's order enabling discovery related to the case.
- TMZ reported that Hilton, Owens, and Signore must turn over communications with Baldoni, but they deny receiving subpoenas, highlighting ongoing legal disputes.
- Public responses from Owens and Signore deny receiving subpoenas, with Owens citing TMZ and promising to address it on her podcast, while Signore’s lawyer vows vigorous defense and source protection.
- The March 9, 2026, trial is set to begin, with discovery focusing on possible collaboration between Baldoni’s team and anti-Lively content creators.
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Candace Owens fires back at claim she's part of a Blake Lively smear campaign: 'I don’t dance for money'
Owens said she would never "accept payment to say something that I don't believe in" after being subpoenaed in the lawsuit between Lively and Justin Baldoni.Jason Davis/Getty; Jeff Spicer/Getty Candace Owens on the set of 'Candace' on April 19, 2022; Blake Lively at an 'It Ends With Us' event in London on Aug. 8, 2024Candace Owens is denying having any connection to the ongoing dispute between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.The conservative com…
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Blake Lively to subpoena Perez Hilton and Candace Owens over Baldoni allegations
Hilton and Owens have denied receiving the subpoenas as yet
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