Leaked texts and an incriminating video: The story around Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively has changed.

It's been more than a year since the release of It Ends With Us, a movie that kicked off one hell of a public and legal feud between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

Beginning with starring roles in the 2024 film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel, It Ends with Us, which Baldoni directed, the tension between them has boiled over into a year-long legal battle with multiple lawsuits.

In December 2024, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his producing partners, Wayfarer Studios, where she accused her co-star of sexual harassment, retaliation and a smear campaign, which he denied, and Baldoni filed a countersuit, where he accused Lively of defamation. However, that lawsuit was terminated in October.

And now, there are more developments, including a 73-page court filing from Baldoni's team, a leaked video, text messages, and comments involving Lively's husband, Ryan Reynolds.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at the Another Simple Favor premiere. Image: Getty.

In unsealed footage from behind the scenes of It Ends With Us, Baldoni is heard joking with co-stars, Lively and Jenny Slate.

In the video, Baldoni says the word "sexy" while looking in Lively's direction, and turns to the camera and says, "Sorry, I missed the sexual harassment training," while he rolls his eyes.

The video was submitted as an exhibit in the Wayfarer parties' motion for summary judgment filed November 13. The video was filed in response to Lively's testimony of the interaction in an attempt to show that Baldoni was joking about the wardrobe for the scene.

"Video footage of the incident shows Lively was fully dressed in an oversized fleece 'onesie' at the time, that numerous actors and crew were also present and engaged in ongoing work at time, that Baldoni's facial expression was neutral and not ogling or suggestive, and that, after Baldoni apologised if his remark was inappropriate, Lively responded by saying 'All good,'" Baldoni's team wrote in filing.

Justin's legal team submitted more footage of an unscripted kiss between Lively and Baldoni. This was filed as evidence to show the actress had exhibited the same conduct she was accusing the director of during filming.

According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline, a never-before-seen deleted scene filmed back in May 2023 shows the actors in a hospital hallway when Blake improvises a brief kiss with Justin during filming.

Justin's team claims the kiss was not part of the screenplay, adding that Lively "oversaw" and approved the scene, with the kiss "added to the script" herself. The clip was filed as an exhibit in the same motion on November 13.

In more leaked information, text messages between Baldoni and The Office actor, Rainn Wilson, have surfaced.

In court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Wilson and Baldoni, who have reportedly been friends for years, speak about Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds' allegedly 'ambushing' Baldoni over his onset behaviour.

In the exchange, Baldoni said Reynolds confronted him over "creepy" behaviour on the set of It Ends With Us. "Oh my God. I can't believe it," Wilson replied. "You were set up and ambushed and personally attacked. I'm stunned. I completely relate to you being stunned, like a deer in the headlights."

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In the group text exchange, Baldoni referred to the tense exchange as "one of the hardest nights of my life."

"My brain was trying to defend itself when they were needing me to apologise for all of the ways I have [f---ed] up and made her feel unsafe," he wrote, seemingly referring to Lively.

"Ryan was talking to me like a five-year-old and scolding me."

He continued, "It's hard to feel so much of what they believe about me is false because they are so convinced that it's real."

In the same November 13 filing, Baldoni requested the judge dismiss Lively's lawsuit, accusing the actor of sexually harassing and waging a smear campaign against her.

Baldoni's lawyer said he had already resolved Lively's concerns about "awkward comments" on the set of the film. They argued that Baldoni had a right to hire a crisis management firm to defend his reputation. "This is a dispute about Hollywood reputations, not genuine legal wrongs," the lawyers stated.

"No reasonable juror could find that the handful of comments and miscommunications Lively has mustered amounts to sexual harassment," they continued. "That Lively's reputation may have suffered is a result of her own ill-advised public statements and actions."

Blake Lively attends the It Ends With Us premiere in New York. Image: Getty.

In her complaint, Lively accused Baldoni's team of executing a "carefully crafted, coordinated, and resourced retaliatory scheme to silence her, and others, from speaking out about the hostile environment."

It's been reported that Lively is seeking over $160 million ($246 million in AUD) in damages, claiming she lost millions of potential income and profits from both her haircare and beverage brands.

Baldoni's recent filing hopes to have Lively's lawsuit decided in his favour without a jury trial.

Baldoni's counterlawsuit against Lively was dismissed in June by a judge, and was fully terminated in October.

This followed on from June, when U.S. District Court Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed the core claims of the lawsuit. Judge Liman ruled that the claims Lively made in her initial complaint to the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) were legally privileged (protected from defamation claims) because they were made as part of a formal legal proceeding.

The judge found that the other parties, including The New York Times, did not defame Baldoni because the plaintiffs failed to prove they had a reason to seriously doubt Lively's claims when they spoke about them.

Liman ruled that Baldoni's claims that Lively tried to gain creative control of the film by threatening to leave the project did not legally constitute extortion under California law.

While the judge initially dismissed the bulk of the lawsuit in June, he offered Baldoni's legal team a chance to amend and refile some claims, but the team ultimately missed the deadline to file an amended complaint.

As it stands, Lively and Baldoni's trial over the initial lawsuit is still set for March 9, 2026.

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