Judge Allows Blake Lively's Retaliation Claims Against Justin Baldoni

On April 2nd, a federal judge just dropped a big ruling in Blake Lively's sexual harassment lawsuit against her

It ends with us co-star and director

Justin Baldoni

US District Judge Louis J. Liman tossed out most of her claims like harassment,

defamation, and conspiracy, but he's letting a slim down set

Including breach of contract and retaliation go forward to trial

This comes after Lively the 38-year-old actress sued Baldoni

who's 42, along with producers and publicists back in December 20, 24

She claims Baldoni harassed her on set and they all launched a smear campaign to tank her rep

hitting her with over $160 million in damages sought

Baldoni fired back with a $400 million counter suit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and her team for defamation and contract

breaches, but the judge shut that down back in June 2025

No deal came out of a court-ordered settlement talk on February 11 and during a January 22nd hearing

lawyers clashed hard over set behavior

Lively's side saying boundaries got cross-repeatedly while Baldoni's camp called the issues minor

Now the case barrels tore trial on May 18th with Lively's key retaliation claims against Baldoni's production company still alive

keeping this Hollywood showdown very much in play

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