US actor Justin Baldoni's lead counsel, Bryan Freedman, speaks to the press as he arrives at US District Court for a pre-trial hearing in a $400 million defamation suit by Baldoni against Hollywood power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in New York on February 3, 2025. Hollywood power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are being targeted in a $400 million defamation suit by Justin Baldoni, Lively's co-star on bleak romance "It Ends With Us" -- the latest caustic twist in the legal battle engulfing the film. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***