Blake Lively to Keep Fighting as Most of Justin Baldoni Case Dismissed
Blake Lively is speaking out after a judge dismissed the majority of her case against It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman dismissed most claims in Lively’s lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment on the It Ends With Us set, significantly narrowing the scope of the case as it proceeds to a May trial. Liman’s decision drops Lively’s claims of harassment, defamation and conspiracy, meaning the trial will now center on alleged breach of contract and retaliation by Wayfarer and aiding and abetting retaliation by the PR firm working for Baldoni. But Lively is vowing to keep “fighting” and views the decision as still allowing “the heart of [her] case” to proceed. “I will never stop doing my part in fighting to expose the systems and people who seek to harm, shame, silence and retaliate against victims,” she wrote in a statement posted to her Instagram Stories on Friday. She wrote, earlier in the statement, “I’m grateful for the Court’s ruling …
