Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively reached a settlement in their It Ends with Us legal dispute , ending a contentious battle over accusations of sexual harassment and an alleged subsequent smear campaign during the production of their 2024 film. On Monday, nearly two weeks before the case was scheduled to go to trial, the two actors settled the dispute. Lively, 38, had originally filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, 42, in January 2025, accusing him of conspiring with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation after she privately alleged sexual harassment on the movie set. Baldoni, who directed the film and starred alongside Lively, consistently denied the harassment claims and any involvement in a smear campaign. He maintained that Lively’s complaints were fabricated in an attempt to gain creative control over the movie.…