Lively's legal team says the court's decision "relates solely to the procedural question of whether he is subject to jurisdiction in New York or elsewhere"

In a federal lawsuit, Blake Lively claimed that a mysterious Texas-based social media guru ran an untraceable smear campaign against her at the behest of Justin Baldoni. On Wednesday, a judge granted Jed Wallace’s motion to dismiss himself as a defendant in the case.

In February, Wallace filed his own lawsuit against her. He claimed that the actress defamed him and his company when she filed her December 2024 complaint against Baldoni — in which she accused the “Jane the Virgin” alum of sexual harassment and attempting to destroy her reputation as retaliation — with the California Civil Rights Department.