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Will Blake v. Baldoni Make It to Trial?

With both sides in the ‘It Ends With Us’ legal/P.R. war seemingly intent on seeing the case through to the bitter conclusion, its endgame is coming into view. And it could be an uphill fight for Blake Lively.

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively
Despite a tranche of documents that were unredacted on the eve of the hearing, Lively’s lawyers struggled to point to evidence supporting the theory that Baldoni coordinated a press and social media campaign to bury her. Photo: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Eriq Gardner
January 27, 2026

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If you want to understand how Judge Lewis Liman may rule in the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni case, here’s my advice: Forget the Taylor Swift texts and set aside, for now, those messages among Sony executives questioning Lively’s career prospects after she went public with her allegations from the making of It Ends With Us. You’re better off looking at what happened behind the scenes on NBC’s hit sitcom Friends.