Judge's Ruling: Blake Lively's Claims Against Justin Baldoni Survive

On April 2nd, a federal judge in New York just tossed out most of Blake Liveley's claims against Justin Valdoni in her sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit over their movie It Ends With Us.

On April 2nd, Judge Lewis Lehman issued a 152 page ruling that mostly sided with Valdoni's team on their push to skip trial, but let three key claims move forward, breach of contract, retaliation, and helping with retaliation.

The big trial is still set for May 18th.

This all kicked off late last year when Liveley first sued in California, accusing Valdoni and producer Jamie Heath of harassment and payback then, shifted to New York federal court.

Valdoni's side fired back hard, but ten of her claims got the boot, including the big ones on harassment and defamation.

Valdoni and his crew have pushed back strong, saying they only hired a crisis PR firm to handle bad press from Liveley, trying to distance him from the film, not to smear her.

No real word yet from either Cam's reps on this latest move.

Meanwhile, back in October, the same judge shut down Valdoni's $400 million counter suit against Liveley, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and The New York Times, though appeals are still on the table.

A virtual hearing wrapped up the evening of April 2nd to hash this out further.

With a few claims hanging on in trial looming, this Hollywood feud is far from overkeep, an eye on how it plays out in court.

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