Blake Lively was asked about "negative press" she got about marrying husband Ryan Reynolds on a former slave plantation in South Carolina in 2012. She told Justin Baldoni's lawyer in her deposition: "It's a mistake we have publicly acknowledged and done a lot of work to reconcile for ourselves and others.

The actress described filming the movie, which saw her play Baldoni's onscreen sister, as "gross and disturbing."

"Justin is truly a false ally and I'm unwilling to do anything that promotes the image that he's crafting as a 'male feminist,'" Jenny wrote in a text.

Blake Lively has brought on Sigrid McCawley, known for representing Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, as her legal fight with Justin Baldoni heads toward trial, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal