Justin Baldoni’s legal case against Blake Lively formally closed by judge after missed deadline

Actor-director Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit in opposition to his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Vigorous, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist is not going to be transferring ahead, after a choose formally ended the go well with, saying Baldoni didn’t refile any amended claims by the deadline.

U.S. District Court docket Choose Lewis J. Liman had beforehand tossed out two lawsuits filed by Baldoni in June after Vigorous sued him final 12 months for sexual harassment and retaliation.

Baldoni and his manufacturing firm Wayfarer Studios tried to countersue Vigorous, Reynolds and their publicist for defamation, in search of $400 million US in damages, together with misplaced future earnings.

Baldoni and most of the different defendants named in Vigorous’s preliminary lawsuit additionally tried to sue the New York Occasions for libel for its story on her allegations, saying the newspaper and the star had been conducting a co-ordinated smear marketing campaign.

Whereas the court docket dismissed Baldoni’s defamation-related claims, saying allegations made in a lawsuit are exempt from libel claims, Choose Liman stated he’d permit Baldoni to amend a few of his claims to do with contract interference and refile by June 23.

On the time, his authorized crew indicated it deliberate to take action.

Following this determination, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman advised the outlet Selection that “the court docket has invited us to amend 4 out of the seven claims in opposition to Ms. Vigorous, which is able to showcase further proof and refined allegations.”

Nevertheless, in a brand new court docket order signed on Oct. 31, Liman stated Baldoni and his co-plaintiffs from Wayfarer Studios let that deadline lapse. The choose stated in addition they didn’t reply when the court docket reached out on Oct. 17 to ask why ultimate judgment shouldn’t be entered within the matter.

Solely Vigorous responded, requesting that the ultimate judgment be declared and for her request for authorized charges to stay lively.

Going ahead, Baldoni nonetheless has his proper to enchantment the defamation judgment, as soon as a choice has been reached relating to Vigorous’s proper to recoup charges.

The actors are because of seem in a New York court docket in March 2026 for Vigorous’s authentic lawsuit. She has accused Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the 2024 film, in addition to accusing he and several other others tied to It Ends With Us of libel for a subsequent effort to smear her popularity after she got here ahead.