Blake Lively Seeks $8 Million From Justin Baldoni After Judge Tossed $400 Million Countersuit
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Updated · Deadline · Jun 30
Blake Lively Seeks $8 Million From Justin Baldoni After Judge Tossed $400 Million Countersuit
3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Jun 30
Summary
$8,035,040.88 is the amount Blake Lively asked a federal court to make Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios pay for defending against Baldoni’s dismissed countersuit.
The filing says $7.50 million covers attorneys’ fees and $539,514 in costs, arguing Baldoni’s side used “scorched-earth” tactics, broad discovery demands and a near-daily press campaign that drove up expenses.
Judge Lewis Liman had ruled two weeks earlier that Lively could recover fees under California’s 2023 law against weaponized defamation suits, after dismissing Baldoni’s $400 million defamation and extortion claims.
Baldoni’s side has until July 13 to accept the more than $8 million request or challenge it, while broader fallout from the It Ends With Us legal fight still lingers despite a May deal.