Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds urge court to protect texts with celeb pals over fear Justin Baldoni will ‘leak’ them to the press

Blake Lively’s legal team is requesting a protective order for their client’s private texts with her celebrity pals — fearing Justin Baldoni could “leak” them to the press amid their bitter legal battle.

“There is a significant chance of irreparable harm if marginal conversations with high profile individuals with no relevance to the case were to fall into wrong hands,” Meryl Conant Governski claimed Thursday during a virtual court hearing in Manhattan federal court.

“There are 100 million reasons for these parties to leak information because the PR value is greater than complying with the court’s orders.”

The Willkie Farr & Gallagher lawyer further requested they need an “Attorney’s Eyes Only” category to protect security measures the Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, have taken amid the legal battle.

The attorney also said they need to guard sensitive information, including the aforementioned texts or Lively’s medical records.

However, Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, argued at the hearing that he fully agrees that the “Gossip Girl” alum’s medical records should not be disclosed — and that his team has “no intention” of violating the court’s order on that.

He added, however, that Lively and Reynolds’ plan would unjustly treat “celebrity people,” and “people who are powerful in the industry,” differently from other people.

Freedman claimed his team has “gone to great lengths to not mention third parties by name,” adding, “I think the model order protects everyone.”

He concluded, “We shouldn’t be put in a position where we are the ones that have to run to court every single time just given attorney’s eyes only protection … My client has a right to defend themself.”

Judge Lewis J. Liman did not make a ruling on the case Thursday, but said that the court is “strong in terms of protecting the rights of the public.” His final decision is pending.

A spokesperson for Lively tells Page Six Thursday, “All of the parties agree that there is sensitive information in this case that should be shielded from public disclosure—the Wayfarer Parties’ proposed order would do that.

“The dispute is about whether a narrow category of already non-public information should be accessible only to attorneys rather than the parties. That type of provision is standard civil cases, including in litigation in which Bryan Freedman appeared as counsel,” the rep continues.

“This additional protection would ensure that the defendants who have committed to spending $100 million to destroying Ms. Lively and her family do not have access to information that only attorneys need to see.”

Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, 41, in December 2024 for sexual harassment on and off the set of “It Ends with Us,” claiming he made inappropriate remarks about her and Reynolds’ sex life and spoke openly about his own porn addiction past.

She also claimed the “Jane the Virgin” alum launched a smear campaign when she spoke out about her alleged mistreatment. Her allegations were first made in a California Civil Rights Department complaint.

Baldoni has denied her accusations. He countersued Lively, Reynolds and their publicist for $400 million, alleging she defamed and extorted them.

Although the actor did not name any of the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” star’s famous friends by name in his suit, it was heavily implied that Taylor Swift was a third party in the case.

His filing referred to her as “megacelebrity friend” and said that she, along with Reynolds, 48, were “two of the most influential and wealthy celebrities in the world.”

Freedman then hinted in an interview with TMZ that he would want to depose Swift, 35, because “anyone that reasonably has information that can provide evidence in this case is going to be deposed.”

A trial in the case is scheduled for March 2026.