NEW YORK — Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni agreed to end their legal dispute over the production of the film "It Ends With Us," resolving competing lawsuits filed in New York. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

The trial had been scheduled to begin with jury selection on May 18, 2026. It was to focus on Lively's claim that Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios retaliated against her sexual harassment complaints by hiring publicists to turn the public against her. Her lawsuit said the campaign included hiring a "digital army" to post negative content about Lively on social media platforms and feeding manufactured content to unwitting reporters.

"Raising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors — and all survivors — is a goal that we stand behind," Lively and Baldoni said in a joint statement. "It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online. The end product — the movie 'It Ends With Us' — is a source of pride to all of us who worked to bring it to life."

Lively sued Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios at the end of 2024. In her lawsuit, she alleged that during filming Baldoni made inappropriate comments about her appearance, violated her physical boundaries while filming a love scene and pushed for nudity against her wishes during a scene in which her character was giving birth. Baldoni, who directed and starred in the film alongside Lively, denied that he engaged in conduct outside the normal creative process of making a movie. Weeks after Lively's lawsuit, he sued Lively, Ryan Reynolds and their publicist for defamation and extortion.

In April 2026, Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed Lively's federal sexual harassment claims because she was an independent contractor rather than an employee.

Packets of PDFs unsealed on Monday include transcripts of depositions taken before the potential trial. The roster of potential expert witnesses included USC marketing professor Dina Mayzlin and Hollywood lawyer Richard Marks. Lively's lawyers took depositions from makeup artist Vivian Baker, who has long worked with Lively and Reynolds and received a credit on the film.

The unsealed documents include a 19-page transcript of a deposition from Colleen Hoover, the bestselling author of "It Ends With Us," who said she did not believe she had meaningful creative input during the film's production despite being credited as an executive producer. "I didn't feel like I — I could give input because I was just unaware what was happening," Hoover said.

The files detail that Lively earned roughly $7.5 million from appearances in advertisements for L'Oreal. She was contractually set to receive approximately $360,000 for wearing Charlotte Tilbury makeup at the 2022 Met Gala, approximately $200,000 from Tiffany for promotional services and approximately $250,000 for her participation in a 2024 event backed by Meta's Facebook.

The film is an adaptation of Hoover's 2016 novel about a relationship devolving into domestic violence. It was released in August 2024, exceeded box office expectations, and received criticism that it glorified abuse.