Overview
- Lively filed her original suit in December 2024 accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment during the filming of It Ends With Us.
- Baldoni responded in January 2025 with a $400 million countersuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist for defamation and extortion.
- Stunt actor Thomas Canestraro, Baldoni’s body double, described the It Ends With Us set as tense and said Lively appeared more closed off than on their previous collaboration.
- Both parties are slated to face off at a federal trial set for March 9, 2026, after months of legal skirmishing and discovery battles.
- Court documents reveal Lively’s team agreed to withdraw her distress claims without prejudice, preserving the option to refile once the current discovery window closes.