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A judge dismissed Justin Baldoni’s $400 million complaint against Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds on Monday.
Baldoni had sued Lively and claimed the actress “falsely” accused him of sexual harassment in an attempt to repair her reputation following the fallout around the “It Ends With Us” press tour after she allegedly took control of the film.
“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 Lewis Liman wrote in an opinion and order obtained by Fox News Digital. “The Wayfarer Parties have alleged that Reynolds and [publicist Leslie] Sloane made additional statements accusing Baldoni of sexual misconduct and that the Times made additional statements accusing the Wayfarer Parties of engaging in a smear campaign. But the Wayfarer Parties have not alleged that Reynolds, Sloane or the Times would have seriously doubted these statements were true based on the information available to them, as is required for them to be liable for defamation under applicable law.”
“The Wayfarer Parties’ additional claims also fail,” the judge added. “Accordingly, the Amended Complaint must be dismissed in its entirety.”
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