Blake Lively is seeking more than US$160 million in damages due to an alleged smear campaign launched against her during the film's release. It ends with us.
In a recently released court document, viewed by peopleLively said she lost $56.2 million in past and future earnings from acting, appearances and endorsements.
The documents, originally filed in July, allege that the 38-year-old actress also suffered $71 million in lost profits from her hair care line Blake Brown and her drinks companies Betty Buzz and Betty Booze.
Her legal team also claims that Lively suffered $34 million in reputational damage due to the “defamatory statements.”
In his claim, which was first filed December 31, 2024Lively's lawyers said her damages exceeded $75,000. But in disclosures provided to the defense in new documents, her team argued that she suffered at least $161 million in actual damages.
Her lawyers will also seek at least three times as much punitive damages. according to Variety.
Lively's statement noted that the amount of her damages is preliminary and subject to confirmation by expert testimony in court, according to the documents.
The documents arrived after a final decision was made in it It ends with us co-star Justin Baldoni A $400 million defamation and extortion countersuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds after Baldoni missed a deadline to file an amended complaint.
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Last Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Lyman signed a ruling saying Baldoni, 41, and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, had missed a post-trial deadline. closed the case in June.
Lyman said he contacted all parties on Oct. 17 to let them know he would make a final ruling in the case.
Lively was the only one to respond, asking the judge to end the dismissal and leave open her request for legal fees, which the judge agreed to.
Baldoni can still appeal the dismissal after the court rules on Lively's pending motion for legal fees. according to E! News.
Liman previously fired Baldoni and production company Wayfarer Studios filed the lawsuit on June 9, but allowed him and his legal team to amend the complaint to amend the “allegations relating to allegations of tortious interference with contract and breach of implied agreement.”
Liman also ruled that Baldoni's claims that Lively stole creative control over the film do not constitute extortion under California law.
“The Wayfarer Parties have not alleged that Lively is responsible for any statements other than the statements in her CRD complaint, which are confidential,” Lyman wrote in a review and order registration. “The Wayfarers alleged that Reynolds and (publicist Leslie) Sloan made additional statements accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment, and that the Times made additional statements accusing the Wayfarers of engaging in a smear campaign.
“But the Wayfarer Parties did not allege that Reynolds, Sloan or the Times would have seriously doubted the veracity of these statements based on the information available to them because they are liable for libel under applicable law.
“The Wayfarer Parties' additional claims also fail. Accordingly, the amended complaint must be dismissed in its entirety.”
The judge also dismissed Baldoni's libel suit against the New York Times, which reported Lively's sexual harassment allegations.
Baldoni's lawsuit sought at least $400 million in damages, including lost future earnings. The lawsuit from Baldoni and production company Wayfarer Studios, which also named Sloane as a defendant, was filed about two weeks after Lively sues Baldoni and several others linked to the film, alleging harassment and a coordinated campaign to attack her reputation for speaking openly about her treatment on set.
Lively was seeking unspecified damages when she sued Baldoni at the end of December 2024 for alleged sexual harassment and retaliation. The trial is currently scheduled to take place in March 2026.
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