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Unshaken Justin Baldoni fights back as judge rules his extortion case against Blake Lively is NOT over


Blake Lively claimed shescored 'total victory' after Justin Baldoni's $400m lawsuit against her was dismissed by a New York judge yesterday.

But the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal that only the defamation part of the lawsuit was tossed and that Baldoni’s team have been allowed to file an amended complaint – leaving Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds still fighting a battle over four more claims ranging from invasion of privacy to civil extortion. In a battling statement exclusively released to the Daily Mail, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said her claims of sexual harassment that sparked the legal war ‘are no truer today than they were yesterday’ and thanked the public for their ‘unmitigated support’. Blake Lively released a statement shortly after her legal victory, saying: 'While the suit against me was defeated, so many of us don't have the resources to fight back' - in reference to the long list of organizations that 'speak up' for women's safety that she tagged in her Instagram story

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