Blake Lively Vows To Keep Fighting After Judge Dismisses Most Claims In Justin Baldoni Lawsuit

Actress Blake Lively vowed to support fighting aft a federal judge dismissed astir of her claims in her intersexual harassment suit against her “It Ends With Us” head and co-star, Justin Baldoni.

In a 152-page ruling, connected Thursday U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman tossed retired 10 of Lively’s 13 claims against Baldoni, including harassment, defamation and conspiracy. He allowed 3 different claims to proceed to a proceedings scheduled to statesman successful May: breach of contract, retaliation, and aiding and abetting successful retaliation.

Lively issued a connection to her Instagram stories connected Friday saying she was grateful for nan court's ruling because nan lawsuit will now spell to proceedings and she will get nan opportunity to "tell [her] communicative successful full."

"The past point I wanted successful my life was a lawsuit, but I brought this lawsuit because of nan pervasive RETALIATION I faced, and proceed to, for privately and professionally asking for a safe moving situation for myself and others," Lively wrote successful nan statement.

Lively went connected to speak to different imaginable victims, encouraging them to speak up astir "retaliation and integer warfare" sloppy of really "unfathomably painful" it whitethorn be.

"The beingness symptom from integer unit is very real," Lively said. "It is abuse. And it's everywhere. Not conscionable successful nan news, but successful your communities and schools."

Lively's suit against Baldoni has been making headlines since 2024, erstwhile she accused her "It Ends With Us" co-star of intersexual harassment during nan movie's production. The character besides alleged that Baldoni’s accumulation company, Wayfarer Studios, retaliated against her aft she complained astir alleged misconduct connected nan group of nan film, a play astir home maltreatment based connected a caller by Colleen Hoover.

Lively’s lawyers person said their customer was “kissed, nuzzled and touched” without her consent. Baldoni was “consistently inappropriate” and crossed “boundaries” connected set, her lawyers argued.

Alexandra Shapiro and Jonathan Bach, 2 of Baldoni’s attorneys, said they were “pleased” Liman dismissed nan intersexual harassment claims.

“These were very superior allegations, and we are grateful to nan Court for its observant reappraisal of nan facts, rule and voluminous grounds that was provided,” Shapiro and Bach said. “What’s near is simply a importantly narrowed case, and we look guardant to presenting our defense to nan remaining claims successful court.”

On Thursday, Liman ruled that Lively could not prosecute 10 of her claims nether national civilian authorities rule successful portion because she was an independent contractor, not an employee.

In a connection issued Friday, Lively's lawyer Mike Gottlieb said that nan tribunal really ruled that Lively "provided grounds to spell to proceedings connected her halfway claims," including that she privately said up astir Baldoni's on-set behavior, that she reasonably believed nan behaviour constituted unlawful intersexual harassment and that Baldoni and his accumulation institution "crossed nan statement and took steps that harmed her estimation and career."

Gottlieb said nan tribunal dismissed immoderate of Lively's claims owed to ineligible issues "rather than an endorsement of nan defendants' conduct."

"The retaliation Ms. Lively faced for privately speaking up for a safe moving situation has ever been nan beating bosom of her case," Gottlieb said. "It is why she revenge her lawsuit."

In her statement, Lively expressed her gratitude to those who came earlier her and others speaking conversations and societal change.

"I will ne'er extremity doing my portion successful fighting to expose nan systems and group who activity to harm, shame, soundlessness and retaliate against victims," she wrote. "I cognize it's a privilege to beryllium capable to guidelines up. I will not discarded it."

The proceedings is scheduled to commencement connected May 18.