Blake Lively, Justin Baldon.
Getty Images (2)Blake Lively AND Ryan Reynolds are looking to rest from work Justin Baldon’s Lawsuit for defamation.
Lively, 37, and Reynolds, 48, told a federal judge on Thursday, January 30, that they would move to dismiss the legal action raised against them Ends with us Director, 40, Variety reported the same day.
By Variety The lawyers of each party will appear in court on Monday, February 3 for the first hearing of the case.
According to the exit, the couple’s lawyers submitted the notice on Thursday after Judge Lewis Liman I asked for a letter to “indicate in a sentence the defendant’s intention to make a move to rest.”
The weekly has reached Baldon’s representatives for comment.
Rumors of a rift between Baldon and Lively First set up in August 2024 during the promotional trail for Ends with us When the duo, who were both main actors in the film, did not make the press together.
In December 2024, Lively sued Baldon for sexual harassment. In court documents, which were obtained from The weekly After reporting from Tmz AND New York TimesLively also accused Baldon of starting a “social manipulation” campaign against her to “destroy” her reputation. The documents also claim that Lively was not the only cast member to complain about Baldon. (Baldon denied all charges against him in the lawsuit.)

The day after Lively sued him, Baldon was among the 10 plaintiffs who launched a $ 250 million trial against New York Times to cover the allegations of Lively. (A spokesman for New York Times relevant we that the exit is planning to “strongly defend against the lawsuit.”)
Lively filed a lawsuit on the same day against Baldoni in a Federal Court of New York which reflected its previous claims – which were raised in the California Civil Rights Department. In addition to Baldon, the actress is also suing publicists Melissa Nathan AND Jennifer Abelalong with Wayfarer Studios. The lawsuit claimed sexual harassment, revenge, violation of the contract, causing emotional distress, occupation of intimacy and lost salaries. (Baldon’s side denies all claims made in lawsuits.)
Baldon’s studio filed a new lawsuit on Thursday, January 16 against Lively, her publicist Leslie SloaneAnd her husband, Reynolds, seeking damage of $ 400 million. The lawsuit includes charges of civil extortion, defamation, false occupation of the light of intimacy and other claims.
In response, the Lively Legal Team showed The weekly Through a statement that Baldon’s side was using a “desperate” strategy that “tries to turn the tables over the victim.” Lively’s legal team claimed that the strategy will eventually “fail”.