In June, Judge Lewis J. Liman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed Baldoni's $400 million countersuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, the couple's publicist Leslie Sloane, and Sloane's public relations company Vision PR for alleged extortion and defamation.

Blake Lively's deposition in New York City saw an unexpected name in the room as the It Ends With Us legal battle shapes up more intensely.On Thursday, July 31, the Gossip Girl alum came face-to-face with Justin Baldoni,