Blake Lively Cannot Refile Emotional Distress Claims Against Justin Baldoni, Judge Rules

The decision comes after Lively chose to drop the emotional distress claims from the case.

(Left) Actor/filmmaker Justin Baldoni speaks onstage at the Vital Voices 12th Annual Voices of Solidarity Awards at IAC Building in New York on Dec. 9, 2024. (Right) Blake Lively attends the "It Ends With Us" photocall at IET Building: Savoy Place in London on Aug. 8, 2024. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Vital Voices Global Partnership; Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Sony Pictures

A federal judge has ruled that actress Blake Lively cannot refile her emotional distress claims against actor-director Justin Baldoni in the ongoing legal dispute stemming from the production of the film “It Ends With Us,” according to court documents filed on Tuesday.

The decision, issued by U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, comes after Lively chose to drop the emotional distress claims from the case.