
Blake Lively gets major win in Justin Baldoni legal battle as all his lawsuits dismissed
Justin Baldoni has been handed a major blow in his lawsuit against Blake Lively, after all of his suits against her, Ryan Reynolds and the New York Times were dismissed by a judge.
After months of a messy battle that saw Lively's friend Taylor Swift
allegedly keeping her distance
after being
dragged into the drama
, as well as
escalating claims from both sides
, it appears that a portion of the case has come to an end.
According to
TMZ
, suits filed by Baldoni and his Wayfarer production company against his It Ends With Us co-star, her husband, and the New York Times, were all dismissed by a judge.
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Baldoni sued the couple for $400 million and the New York Times for $250 million, claiming defamation from the newspaper over its original reporting of a complaint Lively filed about his alleged behavior on the film's set.
Justin Baldoni's lawsuits against Blake Lively have been thrown out.
He alleged extortion and other claims in his suit against Lively and Reynolds.
The judge allegedly dismissed the suit against the New York Times after finding they fairly reported the story and that the emails they used in the article were ultimately tied to Lively's initial civil right complaint.
The judge ruled: 'The Times reviewed the available evidence and reported, perhaps in a dramatized manner, what it believed to have happened. The Times has no obvious motive to favor Lively's version of events.'
A reason for dismissing the suit against Lively and Reynolds was not immediately given.
The Irish Star has reached out to reps for both Baldoni and Lively for comment.
Baldoni has allegedly also filed a motion to dismiss Lively's own suits against him, which are still intact.
After months of rumors about friction on the It Ends With Us set and reports that torpedoed Lively's promotion of the film, she filed a complaint against Baldoni in December 2024.
In her complaint, Lively accused Naldoni of misconduct while filming the project, which he also directed.
She also complained that after a meeting with HR where he agreed to stop the inappropriate behavior, he hired a crisis PR team to run a smear campaign against her.
Baldoni filed his suit against the Times claiming that the story was unfairly reported and then countersued Lively and Reynolds after she filed an official lawsuit.
Lively's formal lawsuit claimed alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages.

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