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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Actor Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni go to New York in required effort to avoid trial

Blake Lively Justin Baldoni - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Actor Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni came to a New York courthouse on Wednesday to see if her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment on the set of the 2024 romantic drama “It Ends With Us” could be settled before a May trial.

The talks between lawyers went on over a six-hour period before Lively and Baldoni left the Manhattan federal courthouse separately and went straight to their waiting cars without saying anything. Lively looked stern as she walked out while Baldoni was smiling. Their lawyers did not immediately comment.

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