Blake Lively blasted Perez Hilton in a new court filing claiming the self-proclaimed \u201coriginal influencer\u201d has been dragging her name through the mud over the past year.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince August 2024, Mr. Hilton has posted more than 500 videos, 400 headlines, and hundreds of other comments about Ms. Lively on his various platforms, and his Website includes a tab on its landing page and an entire subpage dedicated to Ms. Lively,\u201d attorney Esra Hudson argues in docs Page Six obtained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe majority of the content Mr. Hilton posts about Ms. Lively are disparaging, published without reaching out to Ms. Lively\u2019s representatives for comment or response, and generally regurgitate messaging that appears to be prepared by others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blake Lively is accusing Perez Hilton of trying to \u201cdisparage\u201d her amid her ongoing feud with Justin Baldoni. GC Images<\/p>\n
She claimed in the filing, which Page Six obtained, that Hilton published \u201cmore than 500 videos\u201d and \u201c400 headlines\u201d that painted her in a negative light within the past year. Instagram\/@theperezhilton<\/p>\n
Lively\u2019s lawyer then lists posts Hilton shared on his platforms that reference the actress as a \u201cbully,\u201d \u201csavage,\u201d and other names amid her ongoing feud<\/a> with \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d co-star Justin Baldoni.<\/p>\n She notes that the famed blogger does not \u201chold himself out as operating as an independent journalist, nor does he purport to follow any of the tenets of independent journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n The filing was submitted to the Southern District of New York Court on Tuesday in response to Hilton\u2019s attempts to quash the subpoena Lively filed against him<\/a> last month because of privacy concerns.<\/p>\n In July, the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum subpoenaed Hilton, whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr., as well as Candace Owens, claiming that the popular media personalities had used their \u201csizable digital platforms\u201d to launch a smear campaign against her.<\/p>\n Lively\u2019s filing was a motion to compel Hilton to comply with the subpoena she issued him. Rick Davis \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n Hilton has tried to quash the subpoena, citing privacy concerns. YouTube\/Perez Hilton<\/p>\n Both Hilton, 47, and Owens, 36, emphatically denied via their social media platforms at the time that they conspired with Baldoni\u2019s team to ruin Lively\u2019s reputation<\/a>.<\/p>\n The \u201cPerez Hilton\u201d podcast host, for his part, said in part at the time, \u201cI also have not communicated with my lawyer, Bryan Freedman, about this, who also represents Baldoni and has not given me any information or influenced me in any way whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n In response to Lively\u2019s latest filing, Hilton said via YouTube<\/a> Tuesday that if the \u201cAge of Adeline\u201d actress is seeking to force him to comply with the subpoena, she must do so in his jurisdiction, which is Las Vegas, stating that is the \u201cappropriate venue where this issue has already been taken up by the district court.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am very much looking forward to the laughs from Blake Lively\u2019s reprehensible attorney,\u201d he added in his letter to the judge, which he read on his channel.<\/p>\n Hilton responded via YouTube and in a letter to the judge, saying in part that Lively\u2019s latest filing is laughable and turns her case into a \u201ccircus.\u201d Instagram\/@theperezhilton<\/p>\n Lively maintains her belief that bloggers like Hilton conspired with Baldoni to ruin her reputation. GC Images<\/p>\n Hilton also slammed Lively\u2019s lawyer for \u201cusing this court\u2019s docket as a publicist would,\u201d concluding, \u201cThis case and your docket have become a circus and so laughable.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cCelebrity Big Brother\u201d alum\u2019s battle with Lively, 37, comes on the heels of another YouTuber, Lauren Neidigh, filing a protective order <\/a>against the \u201cA Simple Favor\u201d star on Monday.<\/p>\n Neidigh alleged that Lively\u2019s attempt to subpoena her and other content creators was meant to \u201cintimidate, harass, chill constitutionally protected free speech, and threaten the safety and privacy of non-parties.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cSisterhood of the Traveling Pants\u201d star has been looking into the bloggers\u2019 motives in an attempt to further prove her claims that Baldoni launched a smear campaign against her as a form of retaliation.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Separately, Lively is suing Baldoni for sexual harassment, retaliation and other claims. GC Images<\/p>\n The \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d director has denied all wrongdoing. Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n She is also suing the Wayfarer co-founder<\/a>, 41, for sexual harassment, claiming he made her and several other women on set \u201cuncomfortable\u201d <\/a>while filming \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d last year.<\/p>\n Baldoni has denied any wrongdoing and his lawyer, Freedman, has maintained that Lively\u2019s bad rep is due to \u201cher own remarks and actions<\/a> during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly<\/a>, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions.\u201d<\/p>\n The former co-stars\u2019 case is set to go to trial<\/a> in March 2026. 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