Judge grants Blake Lively $400,000 of $8M in legal fees she sought in film fight with Justin Baldoni
- Blake Lively was awarded just over $400,000 in legal fees after a settlement with Justin Baldoni regarding their film 'It Ends With Us'.
- A federal judge ruled that Lively was not entitled to the full $8 million she sought due to the nature of the claims involved.
- The judge cited California law designed to protect survivors of sexual harassment, which limited her reimbursement to fees related to defamation claims.
- Lively's lawsuit included allegations of sexual harassment and breach of contract, which Baldoni denied, claiming they were fabricated.
- The film 'It Ends With Us' was released in August 2024 and exceeded box office expectations despite controversy surrounding its themes.
Blake Lively will receive just over $400,000 of the $8 million she sought in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after they settled their fight over the production of their 2024 film 'It Ends With Us,' a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge Lewis J. Liman explained in a written decision in Manhattan why Lively was not entitled to the full amount that her lawyers claimed was spent after Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios LLC, filed their own claims in response to her December 2024 lawsuit.
The judge denied Lively the bulk of legal fees she sought, citing the limits of a California law designed to protect survivors of sexual harassment and discrimination from retaliatory lawsuits. Thus, the judge ruled, Lively is entitled to $363,245 in attorneys’ fees and $44,206 in costs.
Lively's lawsuit asserted that she had been subjected to sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, and other claims. Baldoni denied the allegations, claiming the complaints were fabricated as part of an effort to seize creative control of the movie.
'It Ends With Us,' an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, was released in August 2024 and exceeded box office expectations despite criticism that it glorified abuse.
法官裁定布莱克·莱弗利获得40万美元法律费用，远低于她向贾斯廷·巴尔多尼索求的800万美元
布莱克·莱弗利在与贾斯廷·巴尔多尼的电影《我们结束的方式》争议中获得了超过40万美元的法律费用，远低于她所要求的800万美元，联邦法官于周三裁定。
法官刘易斯·J·利曼在曼哈顿的书面裁决中解释了莱弗利为何无权获得她律师所声称的全部费用，原因是巴尔多尼及其制作公司Wayfarer Studios LLC在回应她2024年12月的诉讼时提出了自己的索赔。
法官引用了旨在保护性骚扰和歧视幸存者的加利福尼亚法律，拒绝了莱弗利所要求的大部分法律费用，裁定她有权获得363,245美元的律师费和44,206美元的费用。
莱弗利的诉讼声称她遭受了性骚扰、报复、违反合同等指控。巴尔多尼否认这些指控，称投诉是虚构的，目的是为了夺取电影的创作控制权。
《我们结束的方式》是对科琳·胡佛畅销小说的改编，于2024年8月上映，尽管受到批评称其美化了虐待，但票房超出预期。