- Actors Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have settled their legal dispute regarding accusations of sexual harassment and an alleged smear campaign during the production of their 2024 film It Ends with Us.
- The settlement was reached nearly two weeks before the case was scheduled to go to trial, allowing both parties to avoid a public court battle.
- Lively had filed a lawsuit in January 2025, accusing Baldoni of conspiring with publicists to destroy her reputation after she privately alleged sexual harassment on the movie set.
- Baldoni, who directed and starred in the film, consistently denied the harassment claims and any involvement in a smear campaign, stating Lively's complaints were fabricated to gain creative control.
- Both Lively's sexual harassment claims and Baldoni's defamation lawsuit against Lively and Ryan Reynolds had previously been dismissed by the judge, narrowing the scope of the potential trial.
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