{"id":9449,"date":"2025-06-03T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9449"},"modified":"2025-06-03T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:05:12","slug":"judge-dismisses-blake-lively-emotional-distress-claims-against-justin-baldoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9449","title":{"rendered":"Judge dismisses Blake Lively emotional distress claims against Justin Baldoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A federal judge has ruled that Blake Lively\u2019s claims for emotional distress against Justin Baldoni will no longer be considered in their ongoing legal battle. The decision comes amid heated exchanges between the parties over Lively\u2019s refusal to turn over medical records relevant to the emotional distress allegations.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman denied Baldoni\u2019s motion to compel Lively to provide a HIPAA release for access to therapy notes and other medical documents. The judge\u2019s order was based on Lively\u2019s representation that she intends to withdraw those specific claims. However, the court declined Lively\u2019s request to dismiss the claims without prejudice \u2014 meaning she could potentially refile them later \u2014 without a formal agreement with Baldoni\u2019s side. If the claims are not dismissed, the court will bar Lively from presenting any emotional distress evidence.<\/p>\n<p>According to court filings, Baldoni\u2019s attorneys argued that Lively sought to drop the emotional distress claims without releasing her medical information, thereby preventing the defense from disproving those claims. They accused Lively of attempting to preserve the right to refile after discovery closes while refusing to disclose evidence. Lively\u2019s legal team, led by Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb, dismissed the motion as a \u201cpress stunt\u201d and criticized Baldoni\u2019s lawyers for abusing court procedures. They stated that Lively\u2019s withdrawal of the claims was voluntary and that she still intends to pursue emotional distress damages through other allegations, including sexual harassment and retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute arises from a lawsuit filed by Lively in the Southern District of New York, where she alleges Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set of the 2024 film It Ends With Us and retaliated against her with a smear campaign. Baldoni has countersued Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, seeking $400 million in damages for extortion and defamation tied to a New York Times article.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, six related lawsuits concerning the events surrounding the film are active across various courts. The ruling marks a significant development in this complex, high-profile legal conflict.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has ruled that Blake Lively\u2019s claims for emotional distress against Justin Baldoni will no longer be considered in their ongoing legal battle. The decision comes amid heated exchanges between the parties over Lively\u2019s refusal to turn over medical records relevant to the emotional distress allegations. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman denied Baldoni\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}