{"id":2278372,"date":"2026-02-12T03:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2278372"},"modified":"2026-02-12T03:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:18:13","slug":"blake-lively-settlement-talk-unsuccessful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/blake-lively-settlement-talk-unsuccessful\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively settlement talk &#8216;unsuccessful&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An attempt to reach a settlement in a Manhattan court today seemingly proved fruitless in the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni case. <\/p>\n<p>According <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-settlement-talks-latest-1236716460\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Deadline<\/a>, Baldoni\u2019s attorney Bryan Freedman \u2014 who is representing the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d director in Lively\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/06\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-claims-161-million-in-damages-due-to-it-ends-with-us-smear-campaign\/\">sexual harassment and retaliation<\/a> lawsuit\u00a0against him \u2014 said attempts to reach a pretrial deal on Wednesday were \u201cunsuccessful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Freedman acknowledged that \u201cthere\u2019s always a chance\u201d of still reaching a settlement between the feuding actors, he added that he didn\u2019t \u201cknow that we will\u201d resume talks. <\/p>\n<p>Deadline noted that both the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum and Baldoni left Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in New York City around 4 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni did not reach a settlement in court today, Baldoni\u2019s lawyer said.  <span class=\"credit\">T.JACKSON \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Outside court on Wednesday, Brian Freedman branded attempts to reach a pretrial deal \u201cunsuccessful,\u201d per Deadline.  <span class=\"credit\">Gregory P. Mango<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A May 18 trial start date hangs in the balance, which Freedman said he\u2019s \u201clooking forward to,\u201d per the outlet.  <\/p>\n<p>A rep for Lively did not immediately return Page Six\u2019s request for comment on Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n<p>The co-stars were spotted <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/11\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-arrive-at-nyc-court-ahead-of-huge-legal-showdown\/\">arriving separately on Wednesday morning<\/a> inexplicably wearing similar attire, with Lively donning an olive green suit ensemble and Baldoni <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/11\/style\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-color-coordinate-their-outfits-for-court-showdown\/\">wearing the same shade<\/a> in a trench coat. <\/p>\n<p>While Baldoni arrived with his wife Emily, the \u201cA Simple Favor\u201d actress attended the settlement conference sans husband Ryan Reynolds. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption> Freedman said he\u2019s \u201clooking forward to\u201d the scheduled May trial.  <span class=\"credit\">Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lively and Baldoni arrived separately this morning, inexplicably wearing similar attire.  <span class=\"credit\">Elder Ordonez\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The closed-door hearing in Manhattan was overseen by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave. It marked the first time the actors have faced one another in court since their\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/entertainment\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-drama-it-ends-with-us-movie\/\">legal battle began<\/a> in December 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Lively and Baldoni \u2014 who played love interests opposite one another in the domestic violence-themed drama \u2014 first courted rumors of tension in August 2024, as they appeared separately during press events for the film.<\/p>\n<p>Lively filed a bombshell complaint\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/21\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-for-sexual-harassment-on-it-ends-with-us-set\/\">accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment<\/a>\u00a0in December 2024, and subsequently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/31\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-over-it-ends-with-us-feud\/\">sued her co-star <\/a>the following month. <\/p>\n<p>The actress alleged Baldoni is liable for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/06\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-claims-161-million-in-damages-due-to-it-ends-with-us-smear-campaign\/\">at least $161 million<\/a>\u00a0in damages and lost income arising from what she claimed was a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/16\/entertainment\/blake-lively-under-fire-as-another-hard-to-watch-interview-resurfaces\/\">smear campaign leveled against her<\/a>\u00a0amid the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/06\/style\/blake-lively-wears-britney-spears-2002-versace-dress-to-it-ends-with-us-premiere\/\">movie\u2019s release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Baldoni attended court alongside his wife, Emily, while Lively arrived solo. <span class=\"credit\">Javier Mateo \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d co-stars have been feuding in court since December 2024, with Baldoni denying Lively\u2019s allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baldoni\u00a0responded by denying the allegations and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/16\/celebrity-news\/justin-baldoni-drags-taylor-swift-into-it-ends-with-us-legal-battle-as-he-sues-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-for-400m\/\">countersuing Lively and Reynolds<\/a> for $400 million in January 2025 \u2014 though Judge Lewis J. Liman, who is set to oversee the impending trial in May, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/09\/celebrity-news\/judge-tosses-justin-baldonis-400m-lawsuit-against-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds\/\">tossed Baldoni\u2019s lawsuit<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n<p>A November 2025 attempt by Baldoni to also have Lively\u2019s lawsuit dismissed has not yet been ruled on. <\/p>\n<p>As the case heats up, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/29\/celebrity-news\/blake-livelys-private-voice-message-to-justin-baldoni-leaked-in-nasty-legal-war\/\">recently unsealed documents<\/a> exposed peripheral involvement in the case by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/03\/celebrity-news\/ryan-reynolds-ex-scarlett-johansson-gets-dragged-into-blake-lively-justin-baldonis-case\/\">stars including Scarlett Johansson<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/20\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-calls-justin-baldoni-a-bitch-with-a-tiny-violin-in-bombshell-text-to-blake-lively\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/22\/celebrity-news\/ryan-reynolds-cites-johnny-depp-in-texts-about-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-drama\/\">Johnny Depp<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An attempt to reach a settlement in a Manhattan court today seemingly proved fruitless in the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni case. According to Deadline, Baldoni\u2019s attorney Bryan Freedman \u2014 who is representing the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d director in Lively\u2019s sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit\u00a0against him \u2014 said attempts to reach a pretrial deal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2278373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25078,304753,350799,24003,346815,274219,409259,21912],"class_list":["post-2278372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-blake-lively","tag-celebrity-feuds","tag-celebrity-lawsuits","tag-celebrity-news","tag-court","tag-justin-baldoni","tag-lawyers","tag-movies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Blake-Lively-settlement-talk-unsuccessful.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2278372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2278374,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278372\/revisions\/2278374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2278372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2278372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2278372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}