As the case between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively continues to unfold, another actress has accused the It Ends With Us director of ‘harassing’ her.
Isabela Ferrer, 24, portrayed the younger version of Lively’s character Lily in the Coleen Hoover adaptation, the film at the core of this feud between the lead actors.
Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41, came face-to-face for the Gossip Girl actress’ deposition on July 31 for the first time since their public fallout.
This interaction resulted in her lawyers asking for records to be sealed as they accused the Jane the Virgin actor’s team of ‘immediately leaking details’.
Now, Ferrer has reportedly asked for sanctions to be placed on Baldoni after his lawyers filed a motion on August 12, claiming she was unresponsive to their subpoena.
According to People Magazine, her lawyers filed a rebuttal and asked the judge to deny the motion, claiming he ‘engaged in bad faith tactics’.
They added that his motion against her was done so ‘for improper purposes and with the aim of harassing’ Ferrer.
‘It Ends, LLC has not honoured its obligations,’ her lawyers alleged of Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios, relating to the indemnification clause in her acting contract.
It’s claimed that the studio agreed to pay her legal fees on the ‘serious’ condition that she ‘confirm that she will “surrender control”’ of her response.
Her lawyers claimed that this would ‘not actually allow Ms. Ferrer to provide the documents that reveal the true facts.’
Ferrer was subpoenaed by Lively in February, who requested that any communication relevant to the ongoing dispute be submitted.
However, since then, it’s claimed that Baldoni and his team have been ‘improperly attempting to exert control’ over the young star.
Her lawyers stated: ‘Baldoni made no effort to tailor the subpoena towards the production of new or different materials, demonstrating that the real aim of the Baldoni Subpoena, as well as the pending Motion, is to harass Ms. Ferrer.’
Additionally, they claim delayed negotiation over her indemnity was a ‘transparent attempt to put financial pressure on her’.
‘Ferrer sought reasonable extensions of time from Lively to respond to the Lively Subpoena until the indemnity issue was resolved,’ the motion added.
The case stems from their time together on the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel of the same name last year.
Baldoni and Lively have been embroiled in a bitter feud since it wrapped, with the A Simple Favour star claiming the director launched a smear campaign against her.
Lively claimed she suffered ‘severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment, belittlement, frustration and mental anguish’ on set.
He denied all claims and filed a countersuit against her, husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist, Leslie Sloane – alleging extortion and defamation – as well as separate documents against the New York Times.
This $400m countersuit was dismissed by Judge Lewis J Liman, as well as the defamation filing against the publication which initially reported the news.
The trial is scheduled for March 2026, with bot Lively and Baldoni set to take the stand.
Metro has reached out to Ferrer and Baldoni’s teams for comment.
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