Watch: Justin Baldoni Breaks Silence on ‘It Ends With Us’ Legal Battle With Blake LivelyBlake Lively has received part of her request. After the It Ends With Us actresssettled her lawsuit against the film’s director and costarJustin Baldoni, her legal teamfiled a motion in Juneseeking payment of $8,035,040.88 in attorneys’ fees and costs from Baldoni and his partners at Wayfarer Studios. However, Lively ultimately received a fraction of what she requested with a judge awarding her $363,245.40 in attorneys’ fees and $44,206.35 in costs for a total of $407,451.75, according to documents obtained by E! News Aug. 26. In an Aug. 26 statement to E! News, Lively’s lawyers EsraHudson and MichaelGottlieb said, “Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer Parties lost their meritless retaliatory $400 million lawsuit, which two different courts held was designed to stifle public criticism and silence Blake Lively and others. This first-ever award of fees and costs under this California law is historic, and demonstrates that there are real consequences of bringing retaliatory lawsuits. As we have said from day one, Blake Lively’s case was never about money – it was about accountability.”readHow Ryan Reynolds Supported Blake Lively Throughout Justin Baldoni Legal Battle“Blake Lively’s lawsuit exposed an industry of secret online… Read More
