400 Millionen Dollar Schadenersatz hatte Regisseur Justin Baldoni in einer Verleumdungsklage gegen Schauspielerin Blake Lively gefordert. Ein Gericht in New York wies die Klage zurück.

Mr. Baldoni had accused Ms. Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, of trying to destroy his reputation. The Times had brought the feud into the public eye.

They had been locked in a legal battle since Lively sued Baldoni over their film, It Ends with Us.