Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds seek to dismiss $400m lawsuit filed by Justin Baldoni

Attorney Michael Gottlieb, representing the couple, confirmed their volition to record a question to disregard successful a missive to Judge Lewis Liman.

"The Lively-Reynolds Parties mean to determination to disregard Plaintiffs' complaint," helium stated, according to tribunal documents reviewed by Variety. The justice has asked for a deadline to beryllium acceptable for the couple’s ineligible squad to formally taxable the paperwork.

Lively and Reynolds' publicist Leslie Sloane, who is besides named arsenic a suspect successful the lawsuit, filed a akin petition to the tribunal this week.

The ineligible petition comes arsenic the archetypal proceeding successful a spate of lawsuits betwixt the collaborators connected the summertime deed is acceptable to commence connected Monday, February 3 with a pretrial conference.

Lawyers for some sides person reportedly agreed to consolidate the national cases arsenic proceedings ramp up up of a proceedings scheduled for March 2026.

Lively and Reynolds' ineligible squad has besides asked the tribunal to authorisation Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman, accusing him of violating ethical standards by speaking publically astir the lawsuit connected aggregate media platforms, including Megyn Kelly, Chris Cuomo, and a Hulu documentary.

Freedman allegedly acceptable up a website to show evidence, including substance messages and footage, which Lively’s ineligible squad claims could "taint the assemblage pool."

Freedman deed back, claiming Lively and Reynolds are trying to "hide and hold the find of hundreds of pages of well-documented information."

Lively claimed Baldoni engaged successful retaliatory tactics and filed an 80-page civilian rights ailment successful December, accusing him of body-shaming and nonrecreational misconduct during the accumulation of It Ends with Us.

Baldoni has denied the claims, alleging Lively misrepresented their interactions. Lively has besides denied immoderate wrongdoing.

The proceedings continues to spark high-profile fallout, with Baldoni facing further ineligible issues and being dropped by WME, which besides represents Lively and Reynolds.

Despite the ineligible drama, It Ends with Us, based connected Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel, was a container bureau hit, earning $350 cardinal globally aft its merchandise successful August.