Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are hoping the defamation lawsuit from Justin Baldoni ends with dismissal. Variety reports that the couple told a federal judge on January 30 that they will file a dismissal against Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit.

Baldoni previously accused his It Ends With Us costar of trying to "destroy" him with false allegations of sexual misconduct

One big early milestone that you see in a lot of these legal grudge matches—including, tonight, the defamation case Justin Baldoni is bringing against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds—is the part where the defendants try to get the case against them dismissed outright,