{"id":79134,"date":"2025-06-11T06:36:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=79134"},"modified":"2025-07-01T06:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:38:04","slug":"blake-lively-has-been-allowed-to-keep-her-claims-against-it-ends-with-us-co-star-as-judge-imparts-new-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/blake-lively-has-been-allowed-to-keep-her-claims-against-it-ends-with-us-co-star-as-judge-imparts-new-order\/79134\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively has been allowed to keep her claims against It Ends With Us co-star as judge imparts new order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dismissal of Justin Baldoni\u2019s $400 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively marks a major legal and public relations setback for the <em>It Ends With Us<\/em> director. On June 9, U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled in favor of Lively, effectively ending Baldoni\u2019s sweeping claims that accused her and husband Ryan Reynolds of orchestrating a smear campaign to damage his career. With this decision, Lively scored what her legal team called a \u201ctotal victory,\u201d framing the case as a baseless attempt at intimidation that the court rightly saw through. While the ruling brings immediate relief to Lively, Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloane\u2014who were all implicated in the original filing\u2014it also reflects the court\u2019s recognition that the actress\u2019s statements were protected by law, likely under free speech or anti-SLAPP provisions.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s allegations, which initially included extortion and defamation stemming from behind-the-scenes tensions on the film set, have been largely dismantled. Though the court allowed him the opportunity to refile some limited claims with revisions, the most explosive parts of his lawsuit\u2014particularly the defamation and harassment countercharges\u2014have been dismissed. This leaves Baldoni with far less leverage and casts significant doubt on the strength of his overall case.<\/p>\n<p>For Lively and her team, the ruling is not just a legal win, but also a reputational one. Their statement celebrating the end of what they called \u201cabusive litigation\u201d shows confidence in pursuing further restitution, including legal fees and punitive damages. The case has drawn widespread attention not only for its massive financial scope but also for the involvement of high-profile names like Lively and Reynolds. Now, with the defamation claims legally struck down, the spotlight shifts back to Baldoni\u2019s next legal moves\u2014if any\u2014and how the <em>It Ends With Us<\/em> production proceeds in the wake of such a public courtroom battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dismissal of Justin Baldoni\u2019s $400 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively marks a major legal and public relations setback\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":79135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[458],"class_list":["post-79134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-blake-lively"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}