Blake Lively makes unexpected move and drops major claims against Justin Baldoni
The legal battle has been ongoing for months.
Blake Lively has withdrawn two of the claims that she made about It Ends With Us director, Justin Baldoni.
Lively and Baldoni have been embroiled in a bitter feud since It Ends With Us, a book based on the Colleen Hoover book of the same name, was released in August 2024.
In December, following months of speculation, Lively launched legal proceedings against the director with claims stemming from the production of the film.
In the legal complaint, she made various allegations, but is now attempting to drop the claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
The move comes after Baldoni’s legal team attempted to gain access to Lively’s medical records, reported Variety.
The outlet claimed that Baldoni’s lawyers are attempting to get the actor to sign a release to her therapy notes and other information relevant to her claim that she suffered ‘severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment, belittlement, frustration and mental anguish.’
Judge Lewis Liman wrote this morning that Baldoni’s motion to compel Lively to release the notes was denied ‘because of ‘based on the Plaintiff’s representation that the relevant claims will be withdrawn.’
Variety reported the judge commented: ‘The parties shall stipulate to whether the dismissal is with or without prejudice, or Lively shall renew her request by formal motion. For avoidance of doubt, if the claims are not dismissed, the Court will preclude Lively from offering any evidence of emotional distress.’
This means that Lively’s legal team can no longer present evidence of her alleged emotional distress claims.
Baldoni counter-sued Lively in January 2025 (Picture: Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images) Lively has been supported by her husband Ryan Reynolds (Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for TIME)
