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 filed in December, 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.

Blake Lively hit a legal setback Wednesday when a federal judge dismissed charges against Justin Baldoni’s social media advisor she alleges orchestrated a smear campaign against her through the rollout of “It Ends With Us” last year.