Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds intend to pursue motion to dismiss Baldoni lawsuit

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are seeking to disregard the $400 cardinal suit brought against them by the actress’ “It Ends With Us” manager and co-star, Justin Baldoni.

Lively, 37, and her 48-year-old hubby told a national justice Thursday of their intentions up of their archetypal proceeding Monday successful the stars’ competing lawsuits, Variety reports. Their intent was made wide successful a concise missive of intent, arsenic requested successful Judge Lewis Liman’s order.

On Wednesday, Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane, who is besides being sued by 41-year-old Baldoni, filed a announcement akin to that of the couple.

Late past month, Lively filed a ailment accusing Baldoni of intersexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign, arsenic covered successful a New York Times heavy dive. On Dec. 31, Lively sued Baldoni, who simultaneously filed a $250 cardinal suit against the Times for alleged libel.

Earlier this month, Baldoni filed a $400 cardinal suit against Lively, Reynolds and Sloane for alleged defamation and civilian extortion.

Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman released 10-minutes worthy of behind-the-scenes footage from “It Ends With Us” past week, lone for Lively and Reynolds to petition a gag order successful the hours following.

Lawyers for the mates accidental Freedman’s moves and galore media interviews volition pollute the assemblage up of the trial, which this week was scheduled to commencement successful March 2026.

Freedman, meanwhile, says helium has each close to support his lawsuit successful the media, arsenic that’s however and wherever Lively’s allegations were archetypal made public.

Variety reports that the concerns laid retired successful the gag bid request volition apt beryllium a focal constituent of Monday’s archetypal hearing, which volition besides merge the lawsuits into 1 case.

The outlet reports that the proceeding volition apt besides code Lively’s reported effort to person idiosyncratic different than Freedman depose her, citing “unspecified statements made my Mr. Freedman.”