Justin Baldoni Loses Massive Lawsuit Against Blake Lively

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Justin Baldoni‘s $400 million extortion and defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds has officially been dismissed.

What happened in Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit over Black Lively?

According to a new court ruling from U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman of the Southern District of New York on October 31, 2025 (via Complex), Baldoni and his legal representation missed a deadline to appeal the original dismissal of the lawsuit. Baldoni and his team didn’t cite any reason for why the case should continue by October 17, 2025, and as a result, the court has filed for a final judgment, effectively ending Baldoni’s suit against Lively.

The move comes following Liman’s original dismissal of the suit back in June. While Baldoni had time to appeal the decision, it seems as if he and his legal team decided against going back to the judge with anything.

All of this stems from a formal complaint that Lively made against Baldoni in December. In it, she states that things got so severe during the filming of It Ends With Us that an all-hands-on-deck meeting was called in response to her claims of a hostile work environment. During the meeting, Lively asked that Baldoni stop showing her nude videos or images of women, that he stop mentioning his pornography addiction to her, that Baldoni stop discussing sexual experiences in front of her, and that he also stop mentioning Lively’s weight.

The complaint also claims that an agreement was made between production company Wayfarer Studios and the cast in which the promotion of the movie would focus “more on [Lively’s character’s] strength and resilience as opposed to describing the film as a story about domestic violence.” However, Lively claims that Baldoni would renege on that and instead spoke in interviews about the film’s serious story. Soon, the lawsuit spiraled out to also include Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds.

Lively also claimed that Baldoni and his PR manager, Melissa Nathan, discussed ways to start a social media campaign to harm her reputation. The filing by Lively includes 22 pages of texts between Baldoni’s publicist and Nathan, in which they discuss wanting to have Lively “buried.”

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