On Tuesday morning, several outlets reported that Blake Lively had requested to withdraw two claims from her ongoing lawsuit against Justin Baldoni . A recent filing from Baldoni’s team, which was reviewed by the Cut, claimed Lively wanted to drop her claims of “intentional infliction of emotional distress” and “negligent infliction of emotional distress” after she was asked to sign a HIPAA release for her medical records, including therapy notes. But, as has been the case since the beginning of this tense legal fight, Lively’s team is disputing their narrative of what happened, and the withdrawal has turned into a drawn-out back-and-forth between both celebrities’ lawyers.

In their letter, which was filed on Monday, Baldoni’s legal team claimed Lively had “refused” to hand ov

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