Blake Lively's Justin Baldoni Legal Battle Becomes Subject of Documentary Titled He Said, She Said

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle will be analyzed in a new documentary.

He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni, a 90-minute “fast-turnaround special” is set to air in the U.K. on Monday, March 17, according to a press release from ITN Productions. 

A shorter 60-minute version, which will be titled In Dispute: Lively v Baldoni, will air in the U.S. on Investigation Discovery Monday, March 31. It will also be available to stream on Max and discovery+.

According to the release, “The special will examine the legal complaint brought against Justin Baldoni by Blake Lively, alleging he engaged in sexual misconduct on the set of his film It Ends With Us and hired a PR firm to engage in an online smear campaign against her to keep her quiet. Baldoni denies the allegations and has responded with a $400 million countersuit, accusing her of defamation."

"With the trial set for March 2026, the special will examine the evidence on both sides and the response to the dispute on social media.”

Ian Russell, head of international at ITN Productions, calls the special “a timely and in-depth telling of the Hollywood story which has captured the global zeitgeist.”

Lively, 37, first filed a complaint against her It Ends With Us director and costar Baldoni, 41 — whose production company Wayfarer Studios, developed the hit movie — as well as two of his colleagues and two publicists, with the California Civil Rights Department on Dec. 20. She formally sued 11 days later in federal court in New York.

As the press release for the special notes, Baldoni countersued in January. In his suit, Baldoni named Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds and Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane’s PR firm Vision PR, claiming civil extortion, defamation and more. Lively’s legal team has called the suit “meritless.”

Baldoni is also suing The New York Times, which first published Lively’s complaint on Dec. 21, for libel.

In a recent development on Thursday, March 13, the judge in the case, Lewis J. Liman, partially granted Lively’s request for a modified protective order, which she sought in order to prevent private details from leaking to the media.

Liman ruled that while certain confidential materials will remain protected, an “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” designation can only be applied if their disclosure is “highly likely to cause a significant business, commercial, financial or privacy injury.”