Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are still heading to trial on the It Ends With Us actress’ retaliation and defamation claims despite a federal judge’s best intentions and persuasion efforts today.
Lawyers for the former and bitterly battling co-stars were ordered to call in with Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave.Monday afternoon to find out what “their client’s updated settlement position” were.
It did not go well.
Coming just days after Judge Lewis Liman dropped 10 of Lively’s 13 claims against Baldoni, his Wayfarer Studios execs and PR team, the individual conference calls (3 pm ET for Team Blake, 4 pm ET for Team Baldoni) saw both sides reject any deal to avert the May 18 trial. Judge Cave searched for any common ground between Lively and Baldoni that she could build on to no avail, I hear.
With her sexual harassment claims tossed
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