Blake Lively is speaking out as her legal dispute with It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni continues, putting nine months of silence to rest with a firm declaration: “Justice doesn’t fear the truth.”

The Gossip Girl alum’s team responded to claims resurfacing from Baldoni’s former WME agent, Danny Greenberg, who during a recent deposition referred to Lively’s behind-the-scenes actions on the 2024 Colleen Hoover adaptation as “extortion.” Lively’s representatives insist the comment is being taken out of context.

“The court already dismissed their so-called ‘taking over a movie’ claim, and this cherry-picked deposition quote from Baldoni’s prior agent before he was dropped from WME adds nothing new,” a rep told E! News on Oct. 14. “In fact, the court’s dismissal even assumed their allegations were true for the sake of argument—and still held that they don’t amount to a valid claim under the law.”

Lively’s team emphasized that this ongoing litigation is a serious legal matter, not “click-bait content,” and called the resurfacing of Greenberg’s deposition “just a recycled distraction” unrelated to the sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios are facing.

According to deposition documents obtained by People on Oct. 13, Greenberg — who stopped representing Baldoni after he left WME last year — alleged that he assisted Baldoni in drafting emails to Sony regarding Lively’s “continued extortion and effort to gain control of the film.” Greenberg clarified that he did not mean criminal extortion, but rather “cumulative behavior” that Sony, Baldoni, and Wayfarer Studios had to manage.

The legal drama began in December when Lively filed a civil complaint against Baldoni for sexual harassment on the It Ends With Us set and accused him of attempting to damage her reputation through a retaliatory smear campaign. Baldoni countered with a defamation lawsuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloane — as well as a separate defamation case against The New York Times for covering Lively’s allegations. All those cases have since been dismissed.

A status hearing in Lively’s case against Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios is scheduled for Oct. 26, with the official trial set to begin in March 2026.

As Lively continues to fight for accountability, her team’s statement underscores her confidence in the legal process: “Justice doesn’t fear the truth.” Fans and legal observers alike will be watching closely as this high-profile case unfolds.