New York-based US district judge Lewis Liman has formally dismissed actor and director Justin Baldoni’s US$400 million civil extortion, defamation, and invasion of privacy suit against actor Blake Lively, reported BBC .

Liman said that Baldoni missed his deadline to file an amended complaint after his initial suit was dismissed in June. The judge had reportedly informed the parties on October 17 that he would be entering a final judgment on the case.

The legal fight between former co-stars Baldoni and Lively, who worked together in the 2024 film “It Ends with Us”, began in December 2024 when Lively alleged that Baldoni sexually harassed her on set and initiated a smear campaign against her. She also sued Baldoni’s production company, Wayfarer Studios; the New York Times published det

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