Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have turned down the most recent attempt to resolve their ongoing legal dispute following a meeting with a judge in New York on Monday.

The two parties remain locked in a contentious case concerning claims of sexual harassment and retaliation allegedly involving Baldoni during the production of “It Ends With Us,” where he shared the screen with Lively.

According to information obtained by the Daily Mail, the confidential discussions have not led to any settlement, although further negotiations may occur in the near future.

Attempts have been made to reach out to the legal representatives of both Lively and Baldoni for their input.

These developments come shortly after Judge Lewis Liman, who oversees the proceedings, dismissed 10 of Lively’s 13 accusations, including all her sexual harassment claims.

The trial is scheduled to commence on May 18, focusing solely on three charges related to an alleged ‘smear campaign’ orchestrated by Baldoni’s public relations team.

The meetings on Monday were described by Judge Liman as a chance for both sides to tell the court about their ‘updated settlement position.’

At the federal court in New York, Magistrate Judge Sarah Cave held back-to-back remote phone conferences with lawyers for the two sides on Monday, with Lively going first.

Baldoni’s spokespeople did not provide a statement. 

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni declined to end their bitter legal case on Monday, which is about alleged sexual harassment and retaliation by Baldoni on the set of It Ends With Us, the film he co-starred in with Lively

The hearings took place three days after Judge Lewis Liman, who is presiding over the case, dismissed 10 of Lively’s 13 claims including all of her sexual harassment allegations against Baldoni

The two of them starred as love interests in It Ends With Us, a movie inspired by the book written by Coleen Hoover

Lively claimed in her lawsuit, which was filed in December 2024, that she suffered at least $161 million in damages after Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set and then launched an online ‘smear campaign’ against her.

Baldoni had also filed his own lawsuit, a $400 million defamation case against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds as well as the New York Times.

The judge had earlier dismissed his case entirely.

In his ruling dismissing most of Lively’s claims, Judge Liman disagreed that Baldoni crossed the boundaries during filming of a dance scene when he added unscripted kisses.

In the film Lively played florist Lily Bloom who gets into an abusive relationship with Baldoni, who played neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid.

In his ruling, Judge Liman wrote: ‘Creative artists, no less than comedy room writers, must have some amount of space to experiment within the bounds of an agreed script without fear of being held liable for sexual harassment’.

Nor did Baldoni ‘fat shame’ Lively when he asked her personal trainer about her weight, the judge said.

‘The physical appearance of the protagonists was part of the product that the producers were intending to offer the audience’, the judge wrote.

‘Lively herself recognized that achieving a ‘certain aesthetic’ was ‘part of the job that we both excitedly signed up for’.

Many of Lively’s claims were dismissed because she did not sign a legal document, known as the Actor Loanout Agreement, which would have governed sexual harassment.

In addition, Lively had so much control over the film that she did not qualify as an employee, so could not sue under the laws she cited, the judge found.

But in a win for Lively, Judge Liman did find that there was enough evidence of a retaliation campaign for a jury to decide whether it took place.

The remaining claims that will go to trial are: breach of contract, retaliation and aiding and abetting retaliation, all of which Baldoni denies.

Lively is seen walking out of US District Court in Manhattan on February 11, 2026 in New York City

In a statement after the judge’s decision last week, Baldoni’s lawyers Alexandra Shapiro and Jonathan Bach said they were ‘very pleased’ with the ruling.

Sigrid McCawley, a member of Lively’s legal team, told the Daily Mail, ‘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’.

Lively ‘looks forward to testifying at trial,’ McCawley added.