Justin Baldoni Not Moving Forward with Amended Blake Lively Claims

In a surprising move, Justin Baldoni is not proceeding with refiling claims in his countersuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds amid their It Ends with Us legal feud.

Two weeks after Judge Lewis J. Liman granted motions to dismiss the $400 million countersuit Baldoni, 41, originally filed against Lively, 37, and husband Reynolds, 48 — noting that Baldoni could still amend his claims for breach of implied covenant and tortious interference with contract — the actor-director’s lawyer Bryan Freedman announced they were not submitting any amendments.

“The Court’s decision on the motion to dismiss has no effect whatsoever on the truth that there was no harassment nor any smear campaign, and it does not in any way affect our vigorous defense against Ms. Lively’s claims,” Freedman says in a statement shared with PEOPLE.

“Discovery is proceeding and we are confident that we will prevail against these factually baseless accusations,” he continues. “Instead of revising the existing claims, our clients will be pursuing additional legal options that are available to us.”

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The June 9 dismissal of Baldoni’s countersuit against his It Ends with Us costar alleging extortion, defamation and more — as well as his $250 million libel lawsuit against The New York Times for its coverage of Lively’s initial December 2024 complaint accusing Baldoni of misconduct and a retaliatory smear campaign — prompted Freedman to call the judge’s decision “not fair” and “not right” during an interview on TMZ Live the following day.

“[Baldoni is] a person who wants to be vindicated, and that’s all that he cares about,” the attorney told TMZ. “He knows who he is. He knows what he’s done. He knows what he hasn’t done.”

He continued of Baldoni, “And he wants the truth to come out, and he wants to do that in the appropriate way … he’s waiting for his day in court, where he can speak out to tell the truth.”

Freedman indicated at the time that Baldoni’s team would “proceed forward with the case, and we’re going to show that there was no sexual harassment, and we’re going to show that there was no smear campaign. It’s really just that simple. It’s unfortunate to be wrongfully accused here.”

In response to the news of Baldoni’s side not moving forward with amended claims, a rep for Lively tells PEOPLE in a statement, “The Court dismissed the frivolous $400 million Baldoni-Wayfarer lawsuit in its entirety. In the days that followed, Baldoni’s lawyer said the judge’s decision to dismiss their case was not a big deal as they promised to amend and refile it. As per usual, that was not true. The Court’s dismissal of Baldoni’s sham lawsuit was a total victory after all.”

Earlier this month, Liman also denied Lively’s motion for a protective order to keep her communications with friend Taylor Swift regarding It Ends with Us out of Baldoni’s hands, as seen in documents obtained by PEOPLE on Wednesday, June 18.

Swift’s 2020 song “My Tears Ricochet” appeared on the It Ends with Us soundtrack and trailer, but the musician, 35, did not have a role in the film’s production.

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Documents obtained by PEOPLE suggested that Baldoni’s legal team alleges it never received access to Swift’s communications with Lively, which they now deem necessary to the lawsuit.

Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al. is scheduled for trial in March 2026.