Lively and Baldoni Settle It Ends With Us Case

has called time on her bitter two-year legal battle with , in a surprise move just two weeks before the case was set to go to trial, the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.

The actress, 38, finally reached a settlement with Baldoni's production company,  Wayfarer Studios, as well as his PR company, over claims of retaliation and breach of contract. 

In a joint statement, both sides said that the filming of the movie 'presented challenges' and that Lively's 'concerns deserved to be heard'.

But there was no apology from either party in the statement, which brought to an end a legal war that has been raging since December 2024 when Lively filed her suit.

Instead Baldoni and Lively's teams said it was their 'sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online'.

The settlement came after a judge last month gutted Lively's case, dismissing 10 of her 13 claims including all of the sexual harassment allegations.

The ruling also meant that Baldoni was no longer a named defendant in the case.

Instead Wayfarer along with the company he set up to make It Ends With Us and TAG PR, his public relations agency, were due to go on trial for the alleged 'smear campaign' against Lively after she spoke out.

Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios had countersued Lively and her husband, 'Deadpool' actor Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of defamation and extortion. The judge dismissed Baldoni´s claims last June.

Lively's team alleged that she lost tens of millions in endorsements on top of nine-figure hits to her earnings and profits - figures Wayfarer's side has dismissed as wildly inflated. 

Its attorney, Amir Kaltgrad, argued that the numbers were 'pie in the sky,' broken down as: $143 million in lost profits, $132 million in lost earnings and several million more for lost endorsements.

He claimed the calculations from Lively's experts about her lost earnings were speculative.

One of them made an 'unrealistic assumption' about how much work Lively would do in the years after It Ends With Us, he told the court. 

'It Ends With Us,' an adaptation of Colleen Hoover´s bestselling 2016 novel that begins as a romance but takes a dark turn into domestic violence, was released in August 2024, exceeding box office expectations with a $50 million debut. 

But the movie´s release was shrouded by speculation over discord between Lively and Baldoni.