Turns out it actually ends with Judge Lewis J. Liman. While Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s It Ends With Us legal dispute is not over , Baldoni’s suit against Lively was dismissed on Monday. Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, were suing Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and publicist Leslie Sloane for $400 million for defamation and extortion. They had also filed a $250 million defamation suit against the New York Times that was dismissed on Monday as well.
“The Wayfarer Parties have not alleged that Lively is responsible for any statements other than the statements in her CRD complaint, which are privileged,” Judge Liman wrote in his decision (which has been reviewed by the Cut), referring to Lively’s initial filing with the California Civil Rights Department. As for