June 9, 2025: Baldoni’s Countersuit Against Lively & Reynolds DismissedA judge granted a motion to dismiss the countersuit against Lively, Reynolds, their publicist Sloane, Sloane’s company Vision PR and The New York Times, saying that Baldoni and his legal team failed to prove their allegations of defamation or civil extortion.
“Like so many others, I’ve felt the pain of a retaliatory lawsuit, including the manufactured shame that tries to break us,” Lively shared on Instagram Stories after the dismissal. “While the suit against me was defeated, so many don’t have the resources to fight back.”
Meanwhile, Baldoni’s attorney told E! News in a statement that Lively’s “predictable declaration of victory is false.”
“This case is about false accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation and a nonexistent smear campaign,” the lawyer said, “which Ms. Lively’s own team conveniently describes as ‘untraceable’ because they cannot prove what never happened.”
