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Justin Baldoni Urges Judge to Toss Blake Lively's Lawsuit
Justin Baldoni seeks to dismiss Blake Lively's December 2024 sexual harassment lawsuit amid unsealed messages revealing on-set conflicts and legal disputes.
- On Jan. 22, lawyers for Justin Baldoni asked a federal judge at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, New York City, to dismiss Blake Lively's federal sexual-harassment and retaliation lawsuit.
- Baldoni's lawyers argued alleged touching occurred during filmmaking improvisation and is not gender-based harassment, while Blake Lively alleges a coordinated smear campaign using disappearing-message apps that destroyed relevant texts.
- Thousands of unsealed exhibits this week include private texts involving Blake Lively and Taylor Swift and filings alleging Lively was kissed, nuzzled, and touched without consent during a birth scene and dance sequence.
- Judge Liman took the summary-judgment arguments under submission with no immediate ruling, and the pretrial calendar keeps the May 18, 2026 trial and February 11, 2026 settlement hearing.
- Lively's filings seek up to $550 million in damages, while Baldoni's $400 million countersuit was dismissed in June 2024, raising evidence-preservation issues with Signal and disappearing-message apps.
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Justin Baldoni urges judge to toss Blake Lively's lawsuit
A lawyer for actor Justin Baldoni urged a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss actor Blake Lively's lawsuit stemming from their 2024 movie "It Ends With Us,” saying her sexual harassment case was built on “petty slights.”
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NEW YORK >> A lawyer for actor Justin Baldoni urged a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss actor Blake Lively’s lawsuit stemming from their 2024 movie “It Ends with Us,” saying her sexual harassment and retaliation case was built on “petty slights.”
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The Independent (US)Justin Baldoni urges judge to toss Blake Lively lawsuit over ‘petty slights’
A trial is scheduled for May 18
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