Blake Lively withdraws emotional distress claims against Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively has requested to retreat her claims of intentional infliction of affectional distress and negligent infliction of affectional distress against "It Ends With Us" costar and manager Justin Baldoni.

Shortly aft Baldoni's lawyers requested applicable aesculapian accusation pertaining to Lively's claims – including therapy notes and recognition of the actress' intelligence wellness providers – connected Monday, the 37-year-old histrion filed to disregard her archetypal claims. 

"Instead of complying with the Medical RFPs, Ms. Lively’s counsel precocious advised us, successful writing, that Ms. Lively is withdrawing her [infliction of affectional distress] Claims," Monday's filing stated. "However, Ms. Lively has refused the Wayfarer Parties’ tenable petition that the withdrawal of specified claims beryllium with prejudice. She is lone consenting to retreat her claims without prejudice. In different words, Ms. Lively wants to simultaneously: (a) garbage to disclose the accusation and documents needed to disprove that she suffered immoderate affectional distress and/or that the Wayfarer Parties were the cause; and (b) support the close to re-file her [infliction of affectional distress] claims astatine an chartless clip successful this oregon immoderate different tribunal aft the find model has closed… Ms. Lively cannot person it some ways."

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Blake Lively volition attest against Justin Baldoni erstwhile their cases are heard astatine proceedings successful March 2026. (Getty Images)

In a connection to Fox News Digital, Lively’s lawyers Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb said, "Once again this is simply a regular portion of the litigation process that is being utilized arsenic a property stunt. We are doing what proceedings lawyers do: preparing our lawsuit for proceedings by streamlining and focusing it; they are doing what they do: desperately seeking different bushed circular of tabloid coverage."

"The Baldoni-Wayfarer strategy of filing retaliatory claims has exposed them to expansive caller damages claims nether California law, rendering definite of Ms. Lively’s archetypal claims nary longer necessary," the connection continued. "Ms. Lively continues to allege affectional distress, arsenic portion of galore different claims successful her lawsuit, specified arsenic intersexual harassment and retaliation, and monolithic further compensatory damages connected each of her claims."

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Blake Lively has requested to retreat her archetypal claims of affectional distress against Baldoni. (Charly Triballeau)

Lively primitively filed her lawsuit against Baldoni and "It Ends With Us" movie shaper Jamey Heath for intersexual harassment, retaliation and affectional distress. She archetypal filed a ailment with the California Civil Rights section and aboriginal filed 1 successful national tribunal successful December. 

In response, Baldoni filed a $400 cardinal lawsuit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of civilian extortion and defamation. 

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In summation to releasing a website detailing the timeline of events that allegedly occurred, Baldoni's squad has shared unedited footage from the acceptable of "It Ends With Us." Both Lively and Baldoni person claimed the footage bolsters their respective claims. 

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Lively filed a ailment against Baldoni successful December aft rumors of an on-set feud connected "It Ends With Us." (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

After the release, Lively's ineligible squad demanded a gag bid beryllium issued against Baldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedman. 

On Jan. 23, Baldoni's lawyers filed a response, calling Lively's gag bid effort an "intimidation tactic" and "tactical gamesmanship."

A justice aboriginal ordered that some sides travel the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, which bounds speaking to the press.

In April, Lively opened up astir however this past twelvemonth has brought the "lowest lows" during an quality connected "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

The histrion antecedently said this past twelvemonth has been filled with the "lowest lows" arsenic she continues to conflict Baldoni. (Gotham/GC Images)

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"What I tin accidental without going excessively into it is that this twelvemonth has been afloat of the highest highs and the lowest lows of my life, and I spot truthful galore women astir acrophobic to speak, particularly close now, acrophobic to stock their experiences."

She continued, "And fearfulness is by design, it's what keeps america silent, but I besides admit that galore radical don't person the accidental to speak, truthful I bash consciousness fortunate that I've been capable to. And it's the women who person had the quality to usage their dependable that's kept maine strong, and helped maine successful my content successful my combat for the satellite to beryllium harmless for women and girls."

"It's a beauteous elemental thing," she added. 

The legal conflict is presently acceptable to caput to proceedings earlier a New York tribunal successful March 2026. 

Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this post.