Actors Blake Lively in 2025 and Justin Baldoni in 2023. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

By Herb Scribner

A federal judge in New York dismissed Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively on Monday, a significant step in the sprawling legal saga between the two “It Ends With Us” stars. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

Baldoni sued Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, in January, accusing the Hollywood power couple of trying to hurt his career amid the press tour and production of “It Ends With Us,” an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling romance novel with the same name. He also sued the New York Times, alleging that the newspaper published an article heavily relying on Lively’s account against Baldoni without

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