{"id":2357755,"date":"2026-04-03T23:47:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2357755"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:47:05","slug":"blake-lively-speaks-out-after-baldoni-claims-dismissal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/blake-lively-speaks-out-after-baldoni-claims-dismissal\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively Speaks Out After Baldoni Claims Dismissal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/blake-lively\/\"><strong>Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a> has spoken out after a judge dismissed several of the actress\u2019 claims against her <em>It Ends With Us<\/em> costar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/justin-baldoni\/\"><strong>Justin Baldoni<\/strong><\/a> amid their ongoing legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful for the Court\u2019s ruling which allows the heart of my case to be presented to a jury next month, and for the ability to finally tell my story in full at trial, for my own sake, but also for those who don\u2019t have the same opportunity to \u2026 many of whom I have known and loved deeply in my life, and the countless I\u2019ll never know,\u201d Lively, 38, began in a lengthy statement shared via her Instagram Story on Friday, April 3.<\/p>\n<p>The actress continued, \u201cThe last thing I wanted in my life was a lawsuit, but I brought this case because of the pervasive RETALIATION I faced, and continued to, for privately and professionally asking for a safe working environment for myself and others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively added that she hoped the court\u2019s decision won\u2019t keep others from speaking up. She also shared that while her situation might be labeled as \u201ccelebrity drama,\u201d others outside of the spotlight who have endured similar issues can also relate to her story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-reacts-as-claims-against-baldoni-dismissed\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-reacts-as-claims-against-baldoni-dismissed\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Blake Lively Reacts After Most of Her Claims Against Baldoni Are Dismissed<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBlake Lively\u2019s team has reacted after a U.S. District Court judge ruled to throw out 10 of 13 claims against her It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni amid their ongoing legal battle. \u201cThis case has always been and will remain focused on the devasting retaliation and the extraordinary steps the defendants took [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe physical pain from digital violence is very real,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIt is abuse. And it\u2019s everywhere. Not just in the news, but in your communities and schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively explained that digital violence \u201caffects us all,\u201d including women and children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo much critical work has already been done to expose systems, tactics and players who harm. The work to create more safety is in part at trial, but it will also continue far after this trial is over. This is the work I\u2019m most proud of,\u201d she shared. \u201cI couldn\u2019t begin to stand up if not for the countless who\u2019ve gone before me \u2013 and the masses who are still around us all \u2014 creating laws, social change, sparking conversations, rallying, working privately and publicly, risking and sometimes losing everything for the safety of others in all spaces. Some whose names we know, most we don\u2019t. Thank you. All of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively added that she \u201cwill never stop doing\u201d her part in the fight to \u201cexpose the systems and people who seek to harm, shame, silence and retaliate against victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s a privilege to be able to stand up. I will not waste it. Your support keeps me going,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Lively\u2019s statement comes one day after Judge <strong>Lewis Liman<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/judge-dismisses-10-of-blake-livelys-claims-against-justin-baldoni\/\">dismissed 10 out of the 13 claims<\/a> the actress made against Baldoni in their ongoing legal battle.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing.<\/em><\/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 www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Lively has spoken out after a judge dismissed several of the actress\u2019 claims against her It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni amid their ongoing legal battle. \u201cI am grateful for the Court\u2019s ruling which allows the heart of my case to be presented to a jury next month, and for the ability to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2354101,"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":[22367,24003],"class_list":["post-2357755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-celebrity-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Valleys-Zack-Warns-Theres-More-Amanda-West-Drama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357755","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=2357755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2357756,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357755\/revisions\/2357756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}