Judge dismisses Justin Baldoni's US$400 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
A judge on Monday dismissed Justin Baldoni's US$400 million defamation lawsuit against Hollywood power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, a major development in the ongoing civil litigation between former co-stars Lively and Baldoni. Getty Images via CNN Newsource
A judge on Monday dismissed Justin Baldoni's US$400 million defamation lawsuit against Hollywood power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, a major development in the ongoing civil litigation between former co-stars Lively and Baldoni.
In January, Baldoni sued Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, alleging that the Hollywood couple sought to 'destroy' him and his career, after hijacking his film, 'It Ends With Us.'
Baldoni's complaint escalated the ongoing legal battle stemming from the film that Baldoni directed and co-starred in with Lively.
In a statement, Lively's lawyers Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb called the ruling 'a total victory and a complete vindication.'
'As we have said from day one, this '$400 million' lawsuit was a sham, and the Court saw right through it,' the statement added.
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