A judge has thrown out Justin Baldoni's $400 million (AU$623 million) defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively.
The attempted suit came in response to one of Lively's own, alleging sexual harassment, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and more, which Baldoni continues to deny.
The two met working on the set of It Ends With Us, a film adaptation of a popular Colleen Hoover novel of the same name.
It premiered in August of last year and shortly after reports of tension between Baldoni and Lively emerged, before the actress made allegations against Baldoni in December.
Now, on Monday, Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed Baldoni's countersuit and his additional US$250 million libel lawsuit against the New York Times.
Baldoni’s legal team will now have until June 23 to amend their claims.
In a statement to Page Six, Lively's legal team called the dismissal a “complete vindication".
“As we have said from day one, this ‘$400 million’ lawsuit was a sham, and the Court saw right through it," her attorneys wrote.
