Blake Lively ‘Cried With Relief’ After Judge Tossed Justin Baldoni’s Lawsuit

Blake Lively‘s response to a choose dismissing Justin Baldoni‘s countersuit towards her has been revealed following months of authorized tussle between the pair.

The actress’s legal professionals branded the ruling “a complete victory” and a “full vindication” for Vigorous, because the choose shared some factors whereas explaining his rulings.

Blake Vigorous’s authorized win towards Justin Baldoni comes after she admitted to going through the “lowest of lows” in her life this yr.

Vigorous sued Baldoni in December 2024, alleging that he sexually harassed her on the set of their film, “It Ends With Us,” the place they each performed main roles.

The actor-director responded with a $400 million countersuit, alleging that Vigorous and her husband tried to usurp management of the film from him.

Nevertheless, a choose has now dismissed Baldoni’s lawsuit towards the actress, and in keeping with the Daily Mail, a supply near Vigorous revealed that she “cried with reduction” upon studying concerning the bombshell ruling.

“Full elation from Blake’s world and a monkey off her again,” the insider mentioned. “Blake is respiratory a sigh of reduction proper now, and all tears are joyful tears.”

In his ruling to throw out Baldoni’s countersuit, Choose Lewis Liman defined that every one Vigorous’s allegations have been made inside privileged courtroom papers.

“The Wayfarer Events haven’t alleged that Vigorous is liable for any statements aside from the statements in her CRD grievance, that are privileged,” he mentioned, per The Blast. “The Wayfarer Events have alleged that Reynolds and [publicist Leslie] Sloane made extra statements accusing Baldoni of sexual misconduct and that the Occasions made extra statements accusing the Wayfarer Events of partaking in a smear marketing campaign.”

Liman added, “However the Wayfarer Events haven’t alleged that Reynolds, Sloane, or the Occasions would have significantly doubted these statements have been true based mostly on the data accessible to them, as is required for them to be accountable for defamation underneath relevant legislation.”

“The Wayfarer Events’ extra claims additionally fail. Accordingly, the Amended Criticism have to be dismissed in its entirety,” the choose added.

In Choose Liman’s ruling, he emphasised that The New York Occasions had no clear “motive” for bias in its reporting of Vigorous’s authorized grievance.

“The Occasions reviewed the accessible proof and reported, maybe in a dramatized method, what it believed to have occurred. The Occasions had no apparent motive to favor Vigorous’s model of occasions,” Liman famous.

Happily for Baldoni, the choose acknowledged that the “Wayfarer Events” can file a second amended grievance by June 23, 2025.

Nevertheless, they will solely amend the allegations “related to the claims of tortious interference with contract and breach of implied covenant.”

Vigorous’s legal professionals, who appear overjoyed with the ruling, known as it a “whole victory” and “full vindication” for the actress and others who acquired dragged into the authorized tussle.

“As now we have mentioned from day one, this ‘$400 million’ lawsuit was a sham, and the Courtroom noticed proper by means of it,” the legal professionals continued of their statement.

They added, “We stay up for the subsequent spherical, which is searching for attorneys’ charges, treble damages, and punitive damages towards Baldoni, Sarowitz, Nathan, and the opposite Wayfarer Events who perpetrated this abusive litigation.”