Washington, April 3 -- A federal judge on Thursday dismissed actress Blake Lively's sexual harassment allegations against her 'It Starts with Us' co-star Justin Baldoni, but her multimillion-dollar lawsuit over defamation and retaliation is still set for trial next month in New York City.

US District Judge Lewis Liman issued a 162-page ruling stating that Lively's sexual harassment claims lacked a sufficient connection to California, where she filed the suit, as reported by Deadline.

"None of these acts or occurrences provides the 'substantial connection' to California needed to sustain Lively's sexual harassment claims," Liman wrote, as quoted by Deadline.

He further clarified that both her federal and state sexual harassment claims c...