United Kingdom, Dec. 9 -- Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's trial has been postponed.

The 38-year-old actress and her It Ends with Us co-star are locked in a bitter legal battle, but their civil trial has now been postponed by Judge Lewis J. Liman, who has announced that "as important as this case is . criminal trials take precedent".

The civil trial was originally scheduled to begin on March 9, 2026, but it's now been postponed until May 18, 2026.

A scheduled hearing in the high-profile case - which first became public knowledge in December 2024 - is set to take place on January 22.

Blake previously accused her former co-star of employing "sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct".

The actress - who ...