Overview

• Blake Lively withdrew her claims of intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress against Baldoni this week.
• The judge denied Baldoni’s effort to obtain Lively’s medical records after she agreed to drop those claims.
• The court ordered the parties to stipulate whether the withdrawal is with or without prejudice or for Lively to file a formal motion to finalize dismissal terms.
• Lively’s lawyers described Baldoni’s attempt to access her therapy notes as a press stunt and said she will continue seeking emotional distress damages through her harassment and retaliation counts.
• A trial for Lively’s lawsuit and Baldoni’s $400 million defamation countersuit is set to start in March 2026 in New York federal court.