News Update: Blake Lively Slams Claim She’s “Refusing” to Release Medical Records in Justin Baldoni Lawsuit…see more

“Once again this is a routine part of the litigation process that is being used as a press stunt,” Lively’s lawyers Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb shared in a statement with E! News.

“We are doing what trial lawyers do: preparing our case for trial by streamlining and focusing it; they are doing what they do: desperately seeking another tired round of tabloid coverage.” They continued, “Ms. Lively continues to allege emotional distress, as part of numerous other claims in her lawsuit, such as sexual harassment and retaliation, and massive additional compensatory damages on all of her claims.”

A letter filed by her team on June 2 and obtained by E! News claims that the legal teams for both parties had met via teleconference and agreed that the claims would be dropped from this case—with “modest revisions” from Lively’s team they say Baldoni’s team did not object to or “raise any concern” regarding.

However, Lively’s lawyers allege in the letter that later that same day, following the teleconference, the team behind the Wayfarer Parties (Baldoni, his Wayfarer Studios and other parties named in the suit) filed a motion alleging Lively was dropping the claims because she refused to share medical information relevant to her emotional distress claims.