Court Orders Justin Baldoni To Cover Blake Lively's Legal Fees

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Blake Lively will have her legal fees paid by Justin Baldoni but isn’t entitled to damages for harm caused by his defamation claims, a court found Friday.

Under the settlement reached last month, Baldoni waived his right to appeal the court’s order last year dismissing his $400 million lawsuit against Lively. The deal didn’t include monetary compensation but left open the door for the actress to recover her legal costs and pursue damages under a California law intended to shield sexual harassment victims from retaliatory defamation claims.

That law, the court said, “does not create an end run around the entire set of carefully crafted federal procedural rules designed to protect the rights of the parties.”

“It instead establishes a narrow exception to the usual litigation process for a specific and limited kind of relief,” wrote U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in the ruling. “Compensatory and punitive damages do not fall within that exception.”

The order decides the last legal issue in the case after Lively and Baldoni reached an 11th-hour settlement to avert a headline-splashing trial over alleged sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us. Now, the court will asses how much in legal fees she should be paid, with her lawyers submitting a breakdown of their hourly rates and how long they worked on the case.

The bill could be sky-high considering the pedigree of lawyers Lively had on her legal team, led by heavyweight litigators Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson.

“Today’s ruling makes it clear that Ms. Lively brought her claims in good faith, that there was no evidence she acted with malice, and that she is the prevailing defendant” under the California law she asserted, they said in a statement.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/blake-lively-legal-fees-justin-baldoni-court-orders-1236620370/

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Lively "was only awarded limited attorney fees for a single claim as part of a case that lasted only a matter of months, nothing more," said Freedman in a statement following the decision.

“We fought and won against a coordinated effort built on allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation, and a smear campaign that never happened," the statement continued. "Ms. Lively demanded over 300 million in fees and damages, had 10 of her 13 claims dismissed, she then chose to settle and received nothing."

 

That's changes the whole narrative of this post lol

 

What we learned from this case: it's worth it to be a rich, powerful liar, and don't be dumb enough to start a fight with these people, because they will tear you apart.

[JohnPokerface 680]

Now that it's over I hope they both fall into oblivion 

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35 minutes ago, River said:

Lively "was only awarded limited attorney fees for a single claim as part of a case that lasted only a matter of months, nothing more," said Freedman in a statement following the decision.

“We fought and won against a coordinated effort built on allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation, and a smear campaign that never happened," the statement continued. "Ms. Lively demanded over 300 million in fees and damages, had 10 of her 13 claims dismissed, she then chose to settle and received nothing."

 

That's changes the whole narrative of this post lol

 

What we learned from this case: it's worth it to be a rich, powerful liar, and don't be dumb enough to start a fight with these people, because they will tear you apart.

That said…she has also done seemingly irreparable harm to her public image in the process so was it really worth it?

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I hope we never have to hear about these people ever again. I still can’t believe there are people who supported either side considering they are all awful people 

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This reminds me, what happened to @NickiMinajStan?

This whole debacle was her soap opera 🍿

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who

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