A decide has formally ended Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit in opposition to Full of life, Ryan Reynolds, and others after the actor missed a key submitting deadline.

The ruling marks the most recent twist in a Hollywood authorized battle that has been as dramatic as any film script.

Baldoni’s defamation countersuit in opposition to Blake Full of life has come to an official finish.

The 41-year-old “It Ends with Us” director did not file an amended criticism earlier than the courtroom’s deadline, successfully closing the case.

On October 31, U.S. District Courtroom Decide Lewis Liman signed the ultimate order confirming that Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios co-plaintiffs had allowed their alternative to attraction to lapse.

Based on a courtroom doc reviewed by PEOPLE, Decide Liman had contacted all events on October 17, warning them that he would quickly enter a ultimate judgment.

Of all of the concerned events, solely Full of life responded, asking the decide to declare the case formally closed whereas permitting her request for authorized charges to stay lively, a movement the decide granted.

The decide had beforehand dismissed Baldoni’s authentic submitting again in June, however gave the plaintiffs time to amend their criticism.

When that deadline handed, the case was deemed concluded.

The U.S. District Courtroom declined to remark additional, and representatives for each Full of life and Baldoni haven’t publicly responded.

This ruling is the most recent improvement in what has develop into considered one of Hollywood’s most contentious behind-the-scenes disputes.

The authorized saga started in December when Full of life sued Justin Baldoni, alleging misconduct on the set of “It Ends with Us” and claiming he engaged in a retaliatory smear marketing campaign, accusations Baldoni has denied.

In response, Baldoni launched a staggering $400 million countersuit accusing Full of life, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and their longtime publicist of defamation and extortion.

He additionally filed a separate $250 million lawsuit in opposition to The New York Occasions for its protection. Each instances had been thrown out in June.

Decide Liman cited a California regulation created within the wake of the #MeToo motion, ruling that Full of life’s sexual harassment allegations had been legally protected and couldn’t be used as the premise for defamation claims.

The decide additionally famous that Baldoni and his fellow plaintiffs “haven’t alleged that Reynolds, [publicist Leslie] Sloane or the Occasions would have critically doubted” Full of life’s claims, which means that they had did not show malice or defamation.

Following the June dismissal, Full of life broke her silence with a strong assertion on her Instagram Tales.

“Like so many others, I’ve felt the ache of a retaliatory lawsuit, together with the manufactured disgrace that tries to interrupt us,” she wrote. “Whereas the go well with in opposition to me was defeated, so many do not have the sources to battle again.”

Full of life continued, expressing her resolve to proceed standing for girls’s rights.

“I’m extra resolved than ever to proceed to face for each girl’s proper to have a voice in defending themselves, together with their security, their integrity, their dignity and their story,” she shared.

The “Gossip Woman” alum additionally thanked those that supported her in the course of the ordeal.

“With love and gratitude for the various who stood by me, a lot of you I do know. A lot of you I do not. However I’ll by no means cease appreciating or advocating for you,” she wrote, including a listing of organizations that assist victims of retaliation and harassment.

Her attorneys, Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb, celebrated the courtroom’s choice in an announcement, calling it “a complete victory and a whole vindication” for Full of life.