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This space is designed to discuss all things relevant to the cases (even minor!) and those involved. Please feel free to share all types of questions, or share thoughtful opinions and theories.

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One of the more debated moments in the litigation centered on Lively’s repeated requests for access to the film’s dailies, followed more than a year later by a Sony executive’s message stating that she wanted some of the dailies destroyed.

Because the case settled before trial, the competing explanations were never tested before a jury.

⸻ Timeline:

June 13, 2023

Blake Lively asked Justin Baldoni for access to the dailies.

https://preview.redd.it/5n5w9iyrauhh1.jpg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3be0bf9ecdf52dee4fa0ff4c7744194110ccde4d

July 19-20, 2023

Lively again requested access to additional dailies. Baldoni responded that it was too early to share all of them because the edit was still underway, but said he wanted her input and planned to share footage once he had progressed further in the editing process.

https://preview.redd.it/jfxps61vauhh1.jpg?width=1154&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0426f7a61798fc6a89b0f5bc60bbb77f24a02291

August 29, 2023

According to later court filings, Lively complained to her representatives that she still wasn’t receiving access to the dailies and said what she had seen was “terrible.”

September 3, 2024

Sony executive Ange Giannetti texted another Sony executive: “Blake asking us to destroy some of the dailies… also going to ask Bridget to contact all vendors and ask them to delete all dailies and need them to proof. (1st time I’ve ever been asked to do this in movie with no nudity but ok.)”

https://preview.redd.it/uyutt066buhh1.jpg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=044ccf221a760e2d0f6c0ae8f219c6132cf2afb7

That message later became public during discovery and quickly became one of the more discussed pieces of evidence in the case.

⸻ Deposition Testimony:

July 30-31, 2025

During her deposition, Lively testified that she never asked Sony to destroy the dailies and never asked anyone else to make that request on her behalf.

https://preview.redd.it/2r1auxvdbuhh1.jpg?width=843&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7083281e54820746710b65a8d00817544ec96b64

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.634304/gov.uscourts.nysd.634304.874.17.pdf

She also testified that her attorneys negotiated with Sony regarding the handling of sensitive footage as part of discussions surrounding her return-to-work protections. Because the case settled before trial, there was never an opportunity for a jury to evaluate these competing accounts or determine what weight, if any, should be given to them.

A great post from our community to supplement this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ItEndsWithLawsuits/comments/1t2aicb/vanzan_fits_the_timeline_of_when_blake_lively/?share_id=nQfRVEDeTv9mNzbhKoemf&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

⸻ Discussion

* What was your reaction when this first surfaced?

* Did the Sony text exchange influence your view?

* Is there really a meaningful distinction between “my attorneys requested” versus “I requested it”?

* How significant do you think this issue would have been in evaluating witness credibility at trial?

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