NEW YORK \u2014 Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have agreed to end their legal battle over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two sides settled their legal dispute Monday ahead of a planned trial over Lively\u2019s claims that Baldoni conspired with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation after she privately accused him of sexually harassing her on the movie set.<\/p>\n
In a joint statement, the sides said: \u201cRaising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors \u2014 and all survivors \u2014 is a goal that we stand behind. \u2026 It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baldoni, who directed the film and starred in it with Lively, had denied harassing her or orchestrating a smear campaign. He\u2019d claimed the complaints about his behavior were made up by Lively as part of an effort to seize creative control of the movie.<\/p>\n
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The settlement will allow both sides to avoid a trial that would have featured Hollywood\u2019s ugliest side and potentially led to more image-damaging revelations.<\/p>\n
Both actors had some of their legal claims tossed out by the judge in recent months.<\/p>\n
Lively\u2019s sexual harassment claims were dismissed in early April by Judge Lewis J. Liman, who ruled that she couldn\u2019t pursue them under federal law because she was an independent contractor rather than an employee when she worked on the movie.<\/p>\n
The same judge previously dismissed a lawsuit in which Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, accused Lively and her husband, \u201cDeadpool\u201d actor Ryan Reynolds, of defamation and extortion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt Ends With Us,\u201d an adaptation of Colleen Hoover\u2019s bestselling 2016 novel, was released in August 2024, exceeding box office expectations.<\/p>\n
In her lawsuit, Lively said that during filming, Baldoni made inappropriate comments about her appearance, violated physical boundaries while filming a love scene, and pushed for nudity \u2014 against Lively\u2019s wishes \u2014 during a scene in which her character was giving birth.<\/p>\n
Baldoni denied doing anything outside the realm of the normal creative process of making a movie.<\/p>\n
The judge, in the decision tossing out the sexual harassment claims, acknowledged the complexity of the matter, noting that creative artists \u201cmust have some amount of space to experiment within the bounds of an agreed script without fear of being held liable for sexual harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trial was to focus on Lively\u2019s claim that Baldoni and the studio retaliated against her sexual harassment complaints by hiring publicists to turn the public against her. Her lawyers said that campaign including hiring a \u201cdigital army\u201d to post bogus negative content about Lively on social media platforms, and feeding \u201cmanufactured content to unwitting reporters.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawsuit said the purpose was to \u201cretaliate against Ms. Lively by battering her image, harming her businesses, and causing her family severe emotional harm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baldoni\u2019s lawyers have claimed it was Lively who was strategically manipulating Baldoni\u2019s public image, partly by leveraging help from her famous friends.<\/p>\n
Lively appeared in the 2005 film \u201cThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants\u201d and the TV series \u201cGossip Girl\u201d from 2007 to 2012 before starring in films including \u201cThe Town\u201d and \u201cThe Shallows.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baldoni starred in the TV comedy \u201cJane the Virgin,\u201d directed the 2019 film \u201cFive Feet Apart\u201d and wrote \u201cMan Enough,\u201d a book challenging traditional notions of masculinity.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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