Justin Baldoni's $400 million lawsuit and battles with Blake Lively should not include the New York Times, the paper argues.

Attorneys for Baldoni, 41, along with those for Lively, 37, and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, had previously agreed to a “model” protective order (PO) ahead of their March 2026 civil trial to prevent the public dissemination of sensitive documents and information as discovery gets underway.