India, Aug. 6 -- T ensions between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have escalated, with the A Simple Favor star's legal team accusing Baldoni's lawyers of using "PR tactics" to sway public opinion in their ongoing dispute over It Ends With Us, People reported. In a motion filed August 4, Lively's attorneys asked a judge to strike a 292-page draft of her deposition, arguing it was uploaded to the court docket purely to "weaponise the media". They claim only two pages were relevant, and the rest was an uncorrected draft shared to cast Lively as evasive. "Ms Lively has always been prepared to testify in court - just not in a trial by tabloid," the filing states, alleging Baldoni's camp is pushing a false narrative. Lively, 37, has accused Baldoni, 41, of sexual harassment and retaliation. He denies the allegations and had filed a $400 million countersuit against Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds, which was dismissed in June. The case heads to trial in March 2026. HTC...