Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds want a judge to gag Justin Baldoni's lawyer … claiming he made false statements about the case.
The megastars filed a letter with the court on Tuesday … asking the court to issue a protective order to stop Baldoni's lawyers from engaging in “inappropriate behavior,” including an alleged “campaign of media harassment and retaliation” against Blake and Ryan.
They say he is violating court rules that prevent a lawyer from making statements to the press that are irrelevant to the case and could prejudice jurors.
Sources close to JB tell TMZ that they believe it is extremely unfair to impose Justin's ouster after Justin was demoted by the New York Times in an article that allegedly cost him three jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars . All Justin wants to do, according to the source, is “post videos and text messages to prove the allegations are false.”
The source adds that it's “unbelievable” that Blake Lively would launch a takedown campaign against Justin and then immediately turn around and say she wanted a gag order so Justin couldn't defend himself.