US EditionBlake Lively Claims $161 Million in Damages Due to Alleged It Ends With Us Smear Campaign
Blake Lively seeks $161 million for damages and alleges $34 million reputational harm from a smear campaign linked to her sexual harassment complaints.
- On March 9, 2026, Blake Lively, actress and plaintiff, is scheduled to go to trial seeking $161,000,000 for an alleged smear campaign tied to It Ends With Us.
- Blake Lively says the dispute began after she raised sexual harassment complaints on set and first filed her lawsuit on December 31, 2024, naming Justin Baldoni, Jamey Heath, and Steve Sarowitz.
- Lively's legal disclosure lists brand-specific damages including $56.2 million in lost earnings, $71,000,000 in lost profits, $49,000,000 for Blake Brown, and $22,000,000 for Betty Buzz/Betty Booze.
- Lively's filings seek at least three times her damages, after a judge dismissed Baldoni's $400 million countersuit last week, as Judge Liman noted procedural steps.
- Lively's disclosure names celebrity and executive potential witnesses including Taylor Swift, Emily Blunt, Hugh Jackman, and Sony executives Tony Vinciquerra and Tom Rothman, though few major names are expected to testify next year.
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Blake Lively seeks $161m in damages over smear campaign
Actor and entrepreneur Blake Lively is seeking more than $161 million in damages, claiming she suffered severe financial and reputational losses due to an alleged retaliation and smear campaign linked to the 2024 release of 'It Ends With Us', directed by Justin Baldoni. According to court documents obtained by 'Rolling Stone', Lively's lawsuit names Baldoni, producer Jamey Heath, Wayfarer Studios executive Steve Sarowitz, and their publicists as…
The lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni promises to continue giving a lot to talk about after the harassment she denounced.
Blake Lively Claims $161 Million in Damages Due to Alleged It Ends With Us Smear Campaign
Blake Lively is looking for compensation. As the legal drama between the actress and her It Ends With Us costar-director Justin Baldoni wages on, Lively's legal team alleges that she's lost a...
Blake Lively's lawyers estimate that she suffered nearly 140 million euros in damages due to intentional defamation by actor Justin Baldoni. This includes lost earnings related to a damaged reputation, lost opportunities in the film world and reduced sales of her cosmetics and beverage lines.
Maybe It Ends With $161 Million in Damages
A judge may have thrown Justin Baldoni‘s $400 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively into the trash, but the seemingly endless legal drama hasn’t ended yet. Lively’s lawsuit against Baldoni, his studio, Wayfarer, producer Jamey Heath, and their publicists, which was filed on December 31, 2024, and alleges Baldoni sexually harassed her, created a hostile work environment on the set of It Ends With Us, and then orchestrated a smear campai…
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