Justin Baldoni and Blake Vigorous’s try to succeed in a settlement has apparently failed, and the previous costars are seemingly nonetheless heading to trial.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman informed Deadline whereas exterior Manhattan’s Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse on Wednesday, February 11, that the events’ court-ordered settlement dialogue earlier that day was “unsuccessful.” He famous that “there’s at all times an opportunity” of a settlement however added that he didn’t know whether or not Baldoni, 42, and Vigorous, 38, would resume talks a few potential pretrial deal.
When requested additional in regards to the trial, which is ready to start Might 18, Freedman stated he’s “trying ahead to it.”
Baldoni and Vigorous had been in court docket on Wednesday for a non-public convention with Justice of the Peace Choose Sarah L. Cave to see whether or not they may attain an settlement with out going to trial. Baldoni arrived on the courthouse in New York Metropolis along with his spouse, Emilywhereas Vigorous entered solo.
The convention got here after Choose Lewis J. Liman advised in December 2025 that the events try to settle their variations exterior the courtroom in gentle of their potential trial being postponed. The duo’s authorized battle started in December 2024 when Vigorous filed a lawsuit in opposition to Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating an alleged smear marketing campaign in opposition to her after they filmed It Ends With Us. Baldoni directed and starred reverse Vigorous within the film, which hit theaters in August 2024 and was primarily based on Colleen Hoover’s novel of the identical title.
Baldoni denied the allegations and subsequently countersued Vigorous and The New York Occasionswhich ran a narrative about her lawsuit, however his swimsuit was dismissed in June 2025.
Justin and Emily Baldoni
ANGELA WEISS / AFPThe civil trial for Vigorous’s swimsuit was initially set to start in March however was pushed to Might as a result of Choose Liman can also be dealing with two felony trials in the mean time. As he informed Vigorous and Baldoni final yr, “As necessary as this case is … felony trials take precedent.”
That very same month, attorneys for each Vigorous and Baldoni acknowledged that they deliberate to maintain preventing for his or her shoppers because the case hit its one-year anniversary.
Justin Baldoni’s authorized battle with It Ends With Us costar Blake Vigorous is allegedly leaving its mark on the actor. Throughout a pretrial listening to on Monday, February 3, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman stated his “shoppers are devastated financially and emotionally” due to the state of affairs. (Freedman can also be representing It Ends With Us producers Jamey Heath (…)
“One yr in the past, Blake Vigorous filed a criticism with the California Civil Rights Division to proceed to face up for a secure office after the experiences she and others had on the movie It Ends With Us,” Vigorous’s attorneys Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson informed Us Weekly on December 22, 2025. “Over the previous yr, Blake has persevered in opposition to a billionaire-financed effort to attempt to ‘bury’ her, her household and companies by means of retaliatory lawsuits and a relentless media and digital marketing campaign. With their retaliatory lawsuits dismissed and solely her claims set for trial in Might, Ms. Vigorous is extra decided than ever to shine a lightweight on the forces that work behind the scenes to silence and discredit ladies who dare communicate up.”
Freedman, in the meantime, shared a message of gratitude on behalf of Baldoni, telling Us“My shoppers are deeply grateful for the help and sort phrases they’ve obtained over the previous yr. We belief that the reality will in the end prevail, and the care that so many have proven has been a significant supply of power throughout an extremely difficult time.”