A federal judge in Manhattan has officially ended Justin Baldoni ’s $400 million extortion and defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, along with Baldoni’s related libel claims against The New York Times . The lawsuit was Baldoni’s counter-punch in the ugly and ferocious legal battle over the production and marketing of the 2024 film It Ends With Us . Lively’s related sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni remains ongoing.

In a new order signed Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Liman said Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios co-plaintiffs let a deadline to file an amended complaint lapse after the court dismissed their case last June and then let the clock run on a possible appeal. Judge Liman said the plaintiffs also failed to respond to the court’s Oc

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