Blake Lively can seek legal fees but no damages in Justin Baldoni defamation case, judge rules

Blake Lively can recover her legal fees from her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni’s production company, but she is not entitled to additional damages for harm caused by his defamation claims, a federal judge ruled Friday.U.S.

Blake Lively can recover her legal fees from her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni’s production company, but she is not entitled to additional damages for harm caused by his defamation claims, a federal judge ruled Friday.

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U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed Baldoni’s defamation and extortion lawsuit against Lively last year, but she was allowed to move forward with a request for financial damages under a California #MeToo-era law.

In Friday’s ruling, Liman wrote that the court “leaves the door open” to Lively seeking damages “by other means (like an independent lawsuit or a counterclaim), including in federal court.”