Ryan Reynolds’ legal team has officially taken out the legal equivalent of a giant eraser and attempted to wipe Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit right off the books.
Wait, What Even Is This Drama?
If you’ve somehow missed the It Ends With Us legal circus, here’s the tea: In January, Justin Baldoni sued co-star Blake Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and some others for a cool $400 million—because, you know, why not aim high? As part of this very chill and normal lawsuit, Justin even included some alleged text messages between him and Ryan.
Well, Ryan’s had enough of this soap opera and has officially filed paperwork to dismiss the whole thing.
Lawyers: “Yeah, No.”
Ryan’s legal team, which includes Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson (who have probably aged 10 years dealing with this mess), released a statement to IconicHipster.com saying, in the most professional way possible, “This case makes zero sense.”
Here’s the spicy part:
– Apparently, Baldoni’s whole case is based on Ryan allegedly calling him a predator in private. But here’s the kicker—according to legal rules, that’s not defamation unless Ryan didn’t actually believe it.
– The lawsuit doesn’t even claim Ryan was lying. In fact, it sort of implies he meant what he said. Oops.
– Oh, and also, Blake Lively has apparently accused Baldoni of some shady behavior in multiple complaints, and Baldoni himself has publicly admitted to, um, not being great with boundaries.
In other words, Ryan’s lawyers basically said, “Not only is this lawsuit nonsense, but you kinda played yourself, buddy.”
Ryan’s Spokesperson Drops the Mic
Not to be outdone, Ryan’s spokesperson came in with a statement that could double as an Oscar-worthy monologue:
– The lawsuit is basically a “whiny list of grievances” against Ryan for being the kind of guy Baldoni pretends to be.
– Baldoni loves branding himself as a “confident man who listens to women,” but now he’s mad at Ryan for… doing just that? Make it make sense.
– Also, they’re coming for that $100 million pledge from Steve Sarowitz (one of Baldoni’s co-plaintiffs) to cover Ryan’s legal fees. Savage.
Court Docs: “This Lawsuit is Basically Clickbait”
Ryan’s legal team also came through with some lawyerly shade in their official motion, calling the lawsuit a “messy pile of clickbait” that has nothing to do with actual law. Their reasons for dismissing it?
1. They claim defamation but don’t explain who was actually defamed or how it hurt them.
2. They say Ryan interfered with something but can’t actually point to a single thing he did that was illegal.
3. They’re demanding $400 million in damages but haven’t even figured out who supposedly lost money. Meanwhile, Baldoni and billionaire Steve Sarowitz reportedly made millions off the movie.
In short: Ryan’s lawyers just turned this lawsuit into a legal piñata and started swinging.
Oh, and Text Messages Are Flying Everywhere
Because this drama must have receipts, Justin released some alleged texts between him and Ryan. But then Blake Lively was like, “Hold my latte,” and dropped her own texts, including one where Ryan allegedly gave instructions to her publicist.
At this point, this isn’t even a legal case—it’s a group chat that went very wrong.
