In the latest amid the ongoing legal saga between Blake Lively and her It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni, the actress and her husband Ryan Reynolds told a federal judge that they will move to dismiss Baldoni‘s defamation lawsuit.
According to Variety, the couple’s lawyers filed the notice Thursday in compliance with Judge Lewis Liman’s order, which lays out how the federal case will proceed.
Earlier this month, Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, accusing her of trying to “destroy” him with false allegations of sexual misconduct. The complaint, filed in New York’s Southern District, accuses Lively, Reynolds, publicist Leslie Sloane, and her company, Vision PR, of defamation, extortion, and invasion of privacy. Along with Baldoni, the suit also lists his film studio, Wayfarer, its chief executive, Jamey Heath, and PR reps Melissa…
