{"id":4270,"date":"2026-06-01T20:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/blake-lively-drags-justin-baldoni-back-to-court-weeks-after-lawsuit-settlement\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:02:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:02:02","slug":"blake-lively-drags-justin-baldoni-back-to-court-weeks-after-lawsuit-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/blake-lively-drags-justin-baldoni-back-to-court-weeks-after-lawsuit-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively drags Justin Baldoni back to court weeks after lawsuit settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fblake-lively-justin-baldoni-lawsuit-ongoing.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Blake Lively is dragging Justin Baldoni back to court weeks after they <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-reach-shocking-agreement-in-it-ends-with-us-battle-before-trial\/\">settled their explosive legal battle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The legal filing show Lively, 38, is requesting that Baldoni, 42, cover her legal fees and costs from the defamation case. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A judge ordered Blake Lively (seen above) and Justin Baldoni back to a Manhattan court on Monday weeks after they settled their legal battle. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lively is requesting Baldoni (seen above) cover her legal fees and costs from his dismissed defamation case against his \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d co-star. <span class=\"credit\">Derek Shook \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cGossip Girl\u201d actress is also seeking\u00a0triple damages and punitive damages.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear how much total money Lively wants from Baldoni. <\/p>\n<p>Lively and Baldoni were set to go to court on May 18 before they<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-reach-shocking-agreement-in-it-ends-with-us-battle-before-trial\/\">\u00a0reached a settlement agreement<\/a>\u00a0on May 4 after a judge\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/02\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-dealt-devastating-blow-in-ongoing-justin-baldoni-harassment-lawsuit\/\">tossed out 10 out of 13<\/a> of the actress\u2019s allegations from her 2023 lawsuit, including conspiracy, sexual harassment and defamation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lively (pictured above) is also seeking triple damages and punitive damages in the case. <span class=\"credit\">Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Baldoni previously sued Lively for $400 million and accused her of defamation, extortion and more. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cSimple Favor\u201d actress\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/31\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-over-it-ends-with-us-feud\/\">filed a sexual harassment lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0against Baldoni, who also directed \u201cIt Ends With Us,\u201d in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni denied Lively\u2019s claims and,\u00a0the next month,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/16\/celebrity-news\/justin-baldoni-drags-taylor-swift-into-it-ends-with-us-legal-battle-as-he-sues-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-for-400m\/\">filed his $400 million countersuit<\/a>\u00a0against the actress, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist, Leslie Sloane, alleging defamation, extortion and more.<\/p>\n<p>However, Baldoni\u2019s suit was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/09\/celebrity-news\/judge-tosses-justin-baldonis-400m-lawsuit-against-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds\/\">dismissed in June 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Judge Liman wrote that Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios production company \u201chave not alleged that Lively is responsible for any statements other than the statements in her [California Civil Rights Department] complaint, which are privileged.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The judge dismissed Baldoni\u2019s lawsuit against Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds (seen above) in June 2025. <span class=\"credit\">vancityreynolds\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Meanwhile, the actors (pictured above) settled their legal battle that involved Lively\u2019s sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni in May 2026. <span class=\"credit\">Jose Perez \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last month, Lively and Baldoni both claimed victory when the former\u2019s lawsuit against the latter was settled.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s attorney, Bryan Freedman,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-settlement-was-huge-victory-for-justin-baldoni-lawyer\/\">called the settlement a \u201chuge victory\u201d<\/a>\u00a0while speaking with \u201cTMZ Live.\u201d He also claimed Lively\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/08\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldonis-legal-battle-isnt-over-yet-as-actress-gets-trolled-by-co-stars-lawyer\/\">settled because she was \u201cscared\u201d to testify<\/a>\u00a0at trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an incredible opportunity,\u201d he told the outlet, \u201cand I don\u2019t think you pass up an incredible opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Baldoni\u2019s legal team called the settlement a \u201chuge victory.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lively\u2019s lawyers also claimed victory after the settlement <span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lively\u2019s team then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/07\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-celebrates-resounding-victory-after-settling-lawsuit-with-justin-baldoni\/\">called the settlement a \u201cresounding victory\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for the mother of four following Freedman\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-drags-justin-baldoni-back-to-court-weeks-after-lawsuit-settlement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Lively is dragging Justin Baldoni back to court weeks after they settled their explosive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-lawsuit-ongoing.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}