In June, Judge Lewis J. Liman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed Baldoni's $400 million countersuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, the couple's publicist Leslie Sloane, and Sloane's public relations company Vision PR for alleged extortion and defamation.

It's worth noting that Judge Liman had issued a protective order granting Lively's legal team the right to control where the deposition took place

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are set to appear in court in March 2026 and bring the It Ends With Us chapter to a close. What started as cast drama during the filming and promotion of the movie quickly turned into a legal battle between the actress and director,