Judge grants Blake Lively $400,000 of $8M in legal fees she sought in film fight with Justin Baldoni
- Blake Lively was awarded $400,000 of the $8 million she sought in legal fees from Justin Baldoni after a settlement in their film dispute.
- A federal judge ruled that Lively was not entitled to the full amount due to California law limitations.
- The judge stated that Lively could only be reimbursed for legal fees related to defamation claims, not all claims made by Baldoni.
- Both parties' lawyers claimed victory following the ruling, with Lively's team calling it historic under California law.
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 that Lively was not entitled to the full amount that her lawyers claimed was spent after Baldoni and his production company filed their own claims in response to her December 2024 lawsuit.
The judge noted that Lively and Baldoni had "waged fierce battle against each other in court" and cited the limits of a California law designed to protect survivors of sexual harassment and discrimination from retaliatory lawsuits as the reason for denying Lively the bulk of the legal fees she sought.
法官裁定布莱克·莱弗利从贾斯廷·巴尔多尼的电影纠纷中获得40万美元的80万美元法律费用
布莱克·莱弗利在与贾斯廷·巴尔多尼的电影纠纷中获得了超过40万美元的法律费用，而她原本要求80万美元，法官于周三裁定。
法官刘易斯·J·利曼在书面决定中解释道，莱弗利无法获得她的律师所声称的全部费用，因为巴尔多尼及其制作公司在回应她2024年12月的诉讼时提出了自己的索赔。
法官指出，莱弗利和巴尔多尼在法庭上"进行了激烈的斗争"，并引用了一项旨在保护性骚扰和歧视幸存者免受报复性诉讼的加利福尼亚法律的限制，作为拒绝莱弗利所寻求的大部分法律费用的理由。