Judge dismisses Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claim against Justin Baldoni

A New York Judge has dismissed 10 of Blake Lively’s 13 claims against Justin Baldoni related to their time working together on It Ends With Us.

The suit, including sexual harassment allegations, was filed by the director and actress. It was however, thrown out by the Judge who claimed that her sexual harassment allegations did not have a “substantial connection”

“The parties fiercely dispute the extent to which the backlash against Lively was ‘organic’ or ‘artificial,’. And which steps the Wayfarer Parties may have taken to protect themselves (versus which ones they may have taken to destroy Lively personally and her career). A jury can and should decide those questions,” the judge stated.

Sigrid McCawley, Blake’s lawyer, reacted to the ruling, clarifying that the actress plans to move forward with the case and take her remaining claims to the jury.

“This case has always been and will remain focused on the devastating retaliation and the extraordinary steps the defendants took to destroy Blake Lively’s reputation because she stood up for safety on the set and that is the case that is going to trial. For Blake Lively, the greatest measure of justice is that the people and the playbook behind these coordinated digital attacks have been exposed and are already being held accountable by other women they’ve targeted. She looks forward to testifying at trial and continuing to shine a light on this vicious form of online retaliation so that it becomes easier to detect and fight,” the attorney told E! News.