Justin Baldoni, the director and co-star of It Ends with Us, has suffered yet another legal defeat after his $400 million defamation countersuit against actress Blake Lively was officially shut down by a federal judge.
The ruling comes after Baldoni failed to file an amended complaint following the court’s dismissal of his original case back in June.
Judge Lewis Liman confirmed the lapse in a final order issued on October 31, formally closing the countersuit and leaving the internet speculating about how a multimillion-dollar claim could collapse over what appears to be a procedural mistake.
