Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni return to court a month after reaching settlement
Blake Lively's lawyers returned to court to demand legal fees and damages from Justin Baldoni following their settlement.Summary
Blake Lively's attorneys returned to a New York court on Monday to seek legal fees and damages from Justin Baldoni, a month after the two reached a settlement in their years-long legal battle. Lively's team argued that Baldoni's defamation lawsuit against her was a retaliatory move prohibited by California law, a claim Baldoni's lawyers rejected. Lively filed her initial complaint in December 2024, alleging Baldoni spoke inappropriately about his sex life and orchestrated a PR campaign to damage her reputation. Baldoni and his studio Wayfarer had countersued Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds with claims of extortion and defamation, but those claims were dismissed last year. The federal judge handling the case, Lewis Liman, dismissed some of Lively's claims but upheld her allegations of retaliation. The terms of the settlement have not been publicly disclosed.
(Source：Theguardiantheguardian)