Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal spat may not be not fully resolved

Culture & TrendsBlake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal spat may not be not fully resolved Lively’s team is now seeking legal fees and damages from Baldoni’s side related to his since-dismissed defamation countersuit. Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 7, 2026, 3:02 PM EDTBy Rebecca Keegan, Adam Reiss and Chloe MelasA federal judge on Thursday signed off on the settlement between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in their long-running legal dispute. But it appears the “It Ends With Us” saga isn’t over just yet.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.“The parties have fully and finally resolved all claims in the consolidated action, except one,” Lively’s lead attorney Michael Gottlieb wrote in a letter filed in Manhattan court on Thursday. An exemption in a notice of settlement, which was filed by both parties, states that Lively is seeking legal fees from Baldoni and his partners over a separate related legal matter. Baldoni’s attorneys argued in a legal filing that those penalties, if granted, could be “draconian.” 01:45Questions remain unanswered after Baldoni-Lively settlement00:0000:00Lively first accused Baldoni of sexual harassment during the production of the 2024 movie “It Ends With Us,” which he co-starred in and directed. Lively has also alleged that Baldoni’s production company, Wayfarer Studios, retaliated against her after she complained about allegations of misconduct on the set of the film.Baldoni vehemently denied Lively’s claims.In January 2025, Baldoni countersued Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, alleging defamation and extortion. In the suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, he argued that Lively and Reynolds tried to wreck his reputation and accused her of using her grievances as a way to “seize control” of the movie.Baldoni also brought...