"Lawyers for Blake Lively say it's case-clinching evidence of a retaliation scheme: secretly-recorded 2024 audio in which studio executive Steve Sarowitz says "there will be two dead bodies" if the actor and her husband Ryan Reynolds "ever cross the line." So far, a transcript of that recording, a key exhibit in a nine-month court battle over the 2024 hit movie "It Ends With Us," has remained sealed on Lively's request."
"But on Thursday, Lively's opponents in her ongoing litigation against costar Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and millionaire Paylocity founder Sarowitz asked a Manhattan judge to lift that seal and release the transcript. The entirety of Sarowitz's remarks - not just what Lively's side calls the "dead bodies threat" - needs to be public, lawyers for the Baldoni defendants argued. Attorneys for Lively and for Sarowitz, Wayfarer, and Baldoni did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the filing,"
Secretly recorded August 2024 audio reportedly captures Wayfarer executive Steve Sarowitz saying "there will be two dead bodies" if Blake Lively or Ryan Reynolds cross the line. A transcript of that recording remains sealed at Lively's request, though excerpts surfaced on September 9 as part of a spin-off lawsuit seeking compensation and punitive damages tied to a dismissed defamation countersuit. Baldoni, Wayfarer, and Sarowitz asked a Manhattan judge to unseal the full transcript for accuracy and context. The recording allegedly originated from a meeting with an unnamed witness working on an unrelated Wayfarer project. Attorneys did not immediately comment.
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