Justin Baldoni has a front-row seat for Blake Lively’s deposition in her It Ends With Us lawsuit against her director and costar, Us Weekly can confirm. A source told Us on Thursday, July 31, that Baldoni,

Justin Baldoni’s drastic step during Blake Lively’s deposition reportedly stunned both legal teams. According to a source, his dramatic demand to attend his “It Ends With Us” co-star’s deposition created a toxic environment.

In June, Judge Lewis J. Liman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed Baldoni's $400 million countersuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, the couple's publicist Leslie Sloane, and Sloane's public relations company Vision PR for alleged extortion and defamation.