Blake Lively's sexual harassment claim against It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni was thrown out by a New York judge on Wednesday in a pre-trial ruling that turned not on what allegedly happened between the actors, but on where it happened and how the law classifies Lively's role on set.
The ruling is the latest turn in a bitter legal fight that began in 2024, when Lively sued Baldoni and other defendants over their conduct during production of the Colleen Hoover adaptation. She accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, defamation and orchestrating a coordinated attempt to damage her career, while he has denied wrongdoing and filed a countersuit. What began as an on-set dispute has since spun out into a complex civil case now being carved down by the courts.
