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Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's legal fight isn't over
While Justin Baldoni's suit against Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds has been dismissed, she isn't done fighting her claims against her "It Ends With Us" director and co-star, and Baldoni isn't done fighting back.
Lively filed a civil rights complaint in December 2024 claiming that she was sexually harassed by Baldoni during production of the film and then was retaliated against for speaking up about her alleged mistreatment. Gottlieb acknowledged that the judge's ruling allowed for Baldoni to file an amended complaint relating to what he called "ancillary or side claims," but he underscored that the core defamation allegations are "gone from the case." "It was yet another chapter in a nearly year-long legal feud between Lively and Baldoni, which grew to include Reynolds, the couple's publicist, Leslie Sloan, and the New York Times.Lively filed a civil rights complaint in December 2024 claiming that she was sexually harassed by Baldoni during production of the film and then was retaliated against for speaking up about her alleged mistreatment.He quickly denied her claims, fling suit against her and Reynolds in January 2025 alleging that the superstar couple sought to "destroy" him and his career, after hijacking his film, "It Ends With Us.
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