Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are asking the court to silence Justin Baldoni’s lawyer

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Please shut up Justin Baldoni’s lawyer!!!

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds wants a judge to gag Justin Baldoni‘s attorney … claims he is making false statements about the case.

The megastars filed a letter with the court Tuesday … and in it, they’re asking the court to issue a protective order to stop Baldoni’s lawyers — led by Bryan Freedman — from engaging in “inappropriate conduct,” including engaging in an alleged “harassing and retaliatory campaign” against Blake and Ryan.


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They say he is violating court rules that prevent a lawyer from making statements to the press that are irrelevant to a case and could prejudice the jury.

In it, Blake and Ryan are specifically mentioned release of unedited footage from the “It Ends With Us” footage … which Blake’s team claims “confirms to the letter what Ms. Lively described” in her initial complaint back in December.


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Remember, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and engaged in a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation. Baldoni has since filed his own $400 million lawsuit against Lively … accusing her of defamation, civil racketeering and other allegations.

Baldoni’s team released the behind-the-scenes footage from the film to prove he never made the harassing comments … while Blake’s team pushed back, saying Baldoni never discussed or choreographed the intimacy here — and that made her uncomfortable.


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Bryan Freedman has been outspoken since taking on Justin as a client … including stopping by “TMZ Live” to discuss the case in a wide-ranging interview earlier this month about all things smear campaigns in Hollywood.


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Sources close to JB tell TMZ … they believe it’s grossly unfair to impose a gag order after Justin was defamed by the New York Times in an article they say cost him three jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars. All Justin wants to do, the source says, “is release videos and text messages to prove the allegations are false.”


The source adds that it’s “unbelievable” that Blake Lively would go on a takedown campaign against Justin and then immediately turn around and say she wants a gag order so Justin can’t defend himself.