Earlier today, a judge dismissed 10 out of 13 of her claims — most notably, her allegations of sexual harassment. While the judge concluded that the harassment allegations were “far from baseless,” they were dismissed as he found that Lively was an independent contractor, rather than an employee. They are still set to go to trial over her claims of retaliation.
Attorney Sigrid McCawley, a member of Lively’s legal team, subsequently told BuzzFeed, “This case has always been and will remain focused on the devasting 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.”
“For Blake Lively, the greatest measure of justice is that the people and the playbook behind these coordinated digital attacks have been exposed and are already being held accountable by other women they’ve targeted. She looks forward to testifying at trial and continuing to shine a light on this vicious form of online retaliation so that it becomes easier to detect and fight,” she continued.
As for the sexual harassment dismissal, she said, “Sexual harassment isn’t going forward not because the defendants did nothing wrong but because the court determined Blake Lively was an independent contractor, not an employee.”
BuzzFeed has reached out to a representative for Baldoni for comment.