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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have reached a settlement to end a legal dispute regarding the production of the film 'It Ends With Us'. The agreement was finalized shortly before a trial was scheduled to begin in New York.

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4 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni agreed Monday to end their legal battle over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.””
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Three independent web search results (including AP) confirm that Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni agreed to end their legal battle over the production of 'It Ends With Us' on a Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have agreed to end their legal battle over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film "It Ends With Us." The two sides settled their legal dispute Mo…
https://apnews.com/article/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-lawsu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Blake Lively has settled her legal claims against Justin Baldoni's production company, the actors announced in a joint statement on Monday, after she had accused him of unleashing an online ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/movies/blake-lively-justi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's legal battle has come to an end with a settlement in Lively's breach of contract and retaliation lawsuit.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/202…
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“The Hollywood stars settled their civil case two weeks before a trial was set to begin in New York”
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Multiple sources confirm the settlement occurred two weeks before a scheduled trial in New York (specifically mentioning a May 18 trial date).
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web search NEUTRAL — Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s nasty legal battle over their 2024 film “It Ends With Us” is finally over. The pair settled their ugly two-year battle on Monday – two weeks before the case was sched…
https://pagesix.com/2026/05/04/celebrity-news/blake-lively-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — The settlement comes just two weeks ahead of a scheduled trial, where both stars were expected to testify.The case stems from interactions between Baldoni and Lively on the set of the film, an adaptio…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c936q7np647o
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_UP1vNn-V8
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“Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's Wayfarer Studios announced on Monday, May 4, that they’ve reached a [settlement]”
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Multiple sources, including CNN and other news reports, confirm that lawyers for the parties (including Wayfarer Studios) announced the settlement on Monday, May 4.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lawyers for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's Wayfarer Parties announced on Monday, May 4, that they'd reached a settlement, putting an end to their bitter 'It Ends With Us' legal battle two weeks ...
https://people.com/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-wayfarer-sett…
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web search NEUTRAL — The high-profile legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's production company will no longer go to trial as the parties have reached a settlement.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/entertainment/blake-lively-ju…
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web search NEUTRAL — The legal battle between "It Ends With Us" co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will no longer go to trial after they reached a settlement deal that their lawyers announced Monday.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/blake-l…
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“Blake Lively has called time on her bitter two-year legal battle with Justin Baldoni”
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One source explicitly describes the settlement as ending an 'ugly two-year battle'. While other sources confirm the settlement, they do not all specify the 'two-year' duration, but the specific detail is corroborated by the reporting on the settlement's timing.
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web search NEUTRAL — Justin Louis Baldoni is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Rafael Solano on the CW telenovela Jane the Virgin and for starring in and directing the romantic drama film It End…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Baldoni
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web search NEUTRAL — The ugly legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni shows no sign of slowing down, with another dramatic week adding to the ongoing feud. This week has seen newly unsealed text messages reve…
https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15491315/Whats-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — The volatile court battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni continues to drag on after the It Ends with Us stars sat through a mammoth six-hour court session.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/02/12/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-e…

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