"The New York judge in June tossed both Baldoni's $400 million suit against Lively, husband Ryan Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane, as well as his $250 million filing against The Times for its December expose titled, We Can Bury Anyone:' Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine. Lively at the time accused Baldoni of having sexually harassed her on the set of their film and of waging a retaliatory PR campaign."
"Baldoni's filing against The Times asserted the deep-dive was rife with inaccuracies [and] misrepresentations, which drew significantly from Lively's self-serving narrative. He accused the paper of relying on cherry-picked' and altered communications stripped of necessary context and deliberately spliced to mislead. However, Liman found that Lively was not liable for her claims because the allegations originated in a civil rights complaint."
Justin Baldoni missed the deadline to appeal Judge Lewis Liman's dismissal of his multimillion-dollar suits, resulting in their official dismissal. The judge tossed Baldoni's $400 million suit against Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane, and his $250 million suit against The New York Times for its December expose. Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and a retaliatory PR campaign; Baldoni filed countersuits alleging defamation and claimed the Times' piece contained inaccuracies and cherry-picked communications. Liman ruled Lively and The Times not liable because the allegations originated in a civil rights complaint and the Times relied on available evidence. Reynolds was found not liable for repeating his wife's account. Lively has filed a motion seeking attorneys' fees and damages; Baldoni denies the allegations.
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