2026年4月2日 / 美国东部时间下午6:48 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
纽约一名联邦法官周四驳回了演员布蕾克·莱弗利针对演员贾斯汀·巴尔多尼就电影《爱情，到此为止》拍摄期间的性骚扰指控，但保留了两项报复指控。
曼哈顿法官刘易斯·J·利曼出具的这份152页的裁决书，是在莱弗利于2024年12月提起诉讼之后作出的。她在诉讼中对巴尔多尼及其他相关方提出了包括性骚扰在内的十余项指控。
庭审定于5月18日开始。利曼作出裁决后进行了一场简短的电话会议，双方律师在会上讨论了庭审陪审团遴选流程。
巴尔多尼既是该片导演，也与莱弗利联合主演，他此前一直否认性骚扰指控。
巴尔多尼及其制片公司漫游者工作室曾反诉莱弗利和她的丈夫、《死侍》演员瑞安·雷诺兹，索赔4亿美元，指控他们诽谤和敲诈。法官已于去年6月驳回了巴尔多尼的反诉请求。
在裁决书中，利曼认定莱弗利属于独立承包商而非雇员。据此，他表示莱弗利无权依据1964年《民权法案》第七篇提起性骚扰诉讼。该法律禁止基于包括性别在内的多种理由的就业歧视。
在对性骚扰指控的分析中，法官表示，必须结合两人拍摄电影的背景来看待莱弗利的指控。
“莱弗利称，在拍摄期间，巴尔多尼曾俯身靠近并做出像是要亲吻她的动作，他还亲吻了她的额头，将脸和嘴唇贴在她的脖子上，将拇指放在她的嘴上并轻弹她的下唇，抚摸她，俯身贴近她的脖子并说‘闻起来很香’，”法官写道。
他表示，毫无疑问，如果这种行为发生在工厂车间或行政办公室，将足以构成敌意工作环境的指控。
然而，法官指出，巴尔多尼当时“是在按照剧情表演”。
“假设他是即兴发挥，这种行为并未超出在慢舞场景中两名角色之间合理可能出现的举动范围，因此不能据此推断存在基于性别的敌意对待。至少孤立来看，该行为针对的是莱弗利饰演的角色，而非莱弗利本人，”他写道。
“创意艺术家，就像喜剧编剧室的编剧一样，必须有权在商定的剧本框架内进行一定程度的创作尝试，而不必担心因性骚扰而被追究责任，”利曼补充道。
莱弗利的律师在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中表示，此案“一直并将始终聚焦于毁灭性的报复行为，以及被告为摧毁布蕾克·莱弗利的声誉所采取的极端手段，原因是她在片场站出来维护安全。这才是即将进入庭审的案件”。
“对布蕾克·莱弗利而言，最大的正义在于，这些 coordinated 网络攻击背后的主谋和手段已经被曝光，并且已经因他们针对的其他女性而被追究责任，”莱弗利的律师西格丽德·麦考利说道。“她期待在庭审中作证，继续揭露这种恶劣的网络报复行为，让这类行为更容易被发现和打击。”
2025年2月，莱弗利在一份修正诉状中称，巴尔多尼让其他女性在《爱情，到此为止》片场感到不适。
巴尔多尼的律师在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中表示，他们对法院驳回性骚扰指控“感到非常满意”，并称这些是“非常严重的指控”。
“剩余的案件范围已大幅缩小，我们期待在法庭上为剩余的指控进行辩护，”亚历山德拉·夏皮罗和乔纳森·巴赫律师在声明中说道。
《爱情，到此为止》改编自科琳·胡佛2016年的畅销小说，起初是爱情故事，后来转向家庭暴力的黑暗主题，于2024年8月上映，首周末票房达5000万美元，超出预期。但该片上映期间，外界一直猜测莱弗利和巴尔多尼之间存在不和。
莱弗利曾出演2005年电影《牛仔裤的夏天》，以及2007年至2012年的电视剧《绯闻女孩》，之后还主演了《城中大盗》和《鲨滩》等影片。
巴尔多尼曾出演喜剧电视剧《处女情缘》，执导了2019年电影《五尺天涯》，并撰写了《够爷们》一书，挑战传统的男子气概观念。
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/judge-throws-out-blake-lively-sexual-harassment-case-against-justin-baldoni/
Judge dismisses Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni
April 2, 2026 / 6:48 PM EDT / CBS/AP
A federal judge in New York tossed out actor Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claimsThursday against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie “It Ends With Us,” but he left intact two retaliation claims.
The 152-page ruling by Judge Lewis J. Liman in Manhattan came after Lively sued Baldoni in December 2024, alleging sexual harassment among more than a dozen claims against Baldoni and other parties.
A trial is scheduled to start on May 18. A brief phone conference was conducted after Liman issued his ruling. On the call, lawyers discussed the process of jury selection for the trial.
Baldoni, who directed the movie and co-starred opposite Lively, has denied the sexual harassment claims.
Baldoni and production company Wayfarer Studios had countersued for $400 million against Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of defamation and extortion. The judge dismissed Baldoni’s claims last June.
In his ruling, Liman determined that Lively was an independent contractor rather than an employee. On that basis, he said she was not entitled to bring sexual harassment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That law prohibits employment discrimination on various grounds, including gender.
In an analysis of the sexual harassment claims, the judge said Lively’s claims had to be viewed in the context of the movie they were working on.
“Lively claims that during filming, Baldoni leaned in and gestured as if he was intending to kiss her, and that he kissed her forehead, rubbed his face and mouth against her neck, put his thumb to her mouth and flicked her lower lip, caressed her, and leaned into her neck, saying ‘it smells good,’” the judge wrote.
He said there was no question that the conduct would support a hostile work environment claim if it happened on a factory floor or in an executive suite.
However, the judge noted, Baldoni was “acting in the scene.”
“Assuming he was improvising, the conduct was not so far beyond what might reasonably be expected to take place between two characters during a slow dancing scene such that an inference of hostile treatment on the basis of sex would arise. At least in isolation, the conduct was directed to Lively’s character rather than to Lively herself,” he wrote.
“Creative artists, no less than comedy room writers, must have some amount of space to experiment within the bounds of an agreed script without fear of being held liable for sexual harassment,” Liman added.
An attorney for Lively said in a statement to CBS News that the case “has always been and will remain focused on the devastating 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,” said Sigrid McCawley, an attorney for Lively. “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.”
In February 2025, Lively alleged in an amended complaint that Baldoni made other women uncomfortable on the set of “It Ends with Us.”
Attorneys for Baldoni said in a statement to CBS News that they’re “very pleased” the court dismissed the sexual harassment claims, stating they were “very serious allegations.”
“What’s left is a significantly narrowed case, and we look forward to presenting our defense to the remaining claims in court,” attorneys Alexandra Shapiro and Jonathan Bach said in a statement.
“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.
Lively appeared in the 2005 film “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” and the TV series “Gossip Girl” from 2007 to 2012 before starring in films including “The Town” and “The Shallows.”
Baldoni starred in the TV comedy “Jane the Virgin,” directed the 2019 film “Five Feet Apart” and wrote “Man Enough,” a book challenging traditional notions of masculinity.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/judge-throws-out-blake-lively-sexual-harassment-case-against-justin-baldoni/
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