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NEW YORK \u2014 The legal battle between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni isn\u2019t quite over yet.<\/p>\n

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Just a month ago, the two announced a settlement that avoided a trial over Lively\u2019s claims that Baldoni led a campaign to smear her reputation after she accused him of sexually harassing her on the set of their 2024 film \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d<\/p>\n

But on Monday, lawyers for Lively were back in court, trying to get a judge to make Baldoni pay her legal bills plus other penalties. They said she\u2019s entitled to the money under a California law because Baldoni\u2019s countersuit, which claimed she had defamed and extorted him, was thrown out last year by a judge.<\/p>\n

Neither actor was present for the hearing before U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman in New York.<\/p>\n

Baldoni and his lawyer, Ellyn Garofalo, accused Lively of trying to do \u201can end run\u201d around a trial that was canceled when the two agreed to settle. While the financial terms of the settlement weren\u2019t announced publicly, Garofalo told the court it was resolved without Baldoni and his production company \u201cpaying a cent of the $300 million in damages she was demanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReopening this for basically what is an alternative trial would involve reopening discovery, new experts, new expert depositions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Lively\u2019s lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, asserts that the lawsuit Baldoni brought against Lively was the very kind of litigation the California law was designed to stop. The law is intended to protect survivors of sexual harassment from protracted and damaging legal fights.<\/p>\n

Liman did not immediately rule after hearing more than an hour of arguments.<\/p>\n

The two actors have been fighting in court since late 2024 over the fraught filming of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lively had claimed that during filming, Baldoni made inappropriate comments about her appearance, violated physical boundaries while filming a love scene, and pushed for nudity – against Lively\u2019s wishes – during a scene in which her character was giving birth.<\/p>\n

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Lively also accused Baldoni and his production company of then orchestrating an effort to damage her public reputation and her credibility, in case she went public with her complaints.<\/p>\n

Baldoni, who directed the dark romantic drama and starred in it with Lively, denied harassing her or orchestrating a smear campaign. He claimed the complaints about his behavior were made up by Lively as part of an effort to seize creative control of the movie. He countersued, accusing Lively and her husband, \u201cDeadpool\u201d actor Ryan Reynolds, of defamation and extortion.<\/p>\n

The judge ultimately dismissed Lively\u2019s sexual harassment claims, ruling that she couldn\u2019t pursue them under federal law because she was an independent contractor rather than an employee on the movie set. The retaliation claim had been headed for trial when the two sides settled.<\/p>\n

In a joint statement after the deal was reached, the two sides said they agreed Lively\u2019s concerns \u201cdeserved to be heard\u201d and that they \u201dremain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt Ends With Us,\u201d an adaptation of Colleen Hoover\u2019s bestselling 2016 novel about a relationship devolving into domestic violence, was released in August 2024 and exceeded box office expectations.<\/p>\n

Lively appeared in the 2005 film \u201cThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants\u201d and the TV series \u201cGossip Girl\u201d from 2007 to 2012 before starring in films including \u201cThe Town\u201d and \u201cThe Shallows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baldoni starred in the TV comedy \u201cJane the Virgin,\u201d directed the 2019 film \u201cFive Feet Apart\u201d and wrote \u201cMan Enough,\u201d a book challenging traditional notions of masculinity.<\/p>\n

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