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The Mary Sue
Jenna Anderson

The results of one of the Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively lawsuits are in…

The legal battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively over the production of It Ends With Us has consumed the entertainment world for the past year… and now, it looks like one part of it has finally come to a close.

On Monday, new reporting from People revealed that Baldoni’s extortion and defamation lawsuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and The New York Times has officially been shut down in court. Baldoni’s lawsuit, which was first filed in January of 2025, sought damages of up to $400 million as a self-described “counterattack” for Lively’s accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation against him.

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