Blake Lively has moved to depose a key player whose crisis management firm Street Relations allegedly played a part in the smear campaign initiated by Justin Baldoni. Lively filed a petition in Texas state court on Jan.

A legal expert tells Page Six Baldoni’s team likely chose that massive amount to message he “will fight to the death to defend his name and bring Lively and Reynolds down.”

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's dispute is moving from the movie set to the courtroom as a trial date is set.