{"id":5838,"date":"2026-06-17T14:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/blake-lively-attempts-to-extend-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-even-further\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:06:13","slug":"blake-lively-attempts-to-extend-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-even-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/blake-lively-attempts-to-extend-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-even-further\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively attempts to extend Justin Baldoni legal battle even further"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131280932.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Blake Lively is seeking to extend her legal battle against Justin Baldoni by requesting additional time to present all materials to the court. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum filed a letter to the court, saying that she would have trouble meeting the June 22 deadline she was given to file her initial brief on the \u201cappropriate measure of fees\u201d that Baldoni would owe her due to her hectic schedule.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Blake Lively (seen above) is seeking to extend her legal battle against Justin Baldoni. <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>The \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum (seen above at a Fendi event) requested additional time to present all materials to the court due to her hectic schedule. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Fendi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cOne of Ms.\u00a0Lively\u2019s lead attorneys, Mr. Gottlieb, who will need to review and approve any billing submissions and sign any affidavit on behalf of the Willkie firm, is currently out of the country,\u201d the doc stated.<\/p>\n<p>The actress requested \u201can additional seven days\u201d to submit her initial\u00a0brief.<\/p>\n<p>The newest filing comes two weeks after Lively, 38, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-drags-justin-baldoni-back-to-court-weeks-after-lawsuit-settlement\/\">took Baldoni, 42, back to court<\/a> after they\u00a0<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<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The letter stated that Lively (seen above with Ryan Reynolds in 2025) and her lawyers \u201chave a number of conflicting personal and professional obligations, including international travel.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Earlier this month, the mom of four took Baldoni (seen above with wife Emily) back to court after they\u00a0settled their legal battle. <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 requested that her \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d co-star (seen running above in 2023) cover her legal fees and costs from his dismissed defamation case against her. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lively requested that her \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d co-star cover her legal fees and costs from the defamation case \u2014 which was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/03\/celebrity-news\/justin-baldonis-400m-countersuit-against-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-officially-ended-by-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thrown out last November<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The court has to assess how much the dad of two will pay.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>On June 12, the judge ordered Baldoni (seen above with the actress in 2024) to pay Lively\u2019s legal fees related to the suit. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In May, Lively (seen above with the actor) settled her 2024 suit against Baldoni, in which the actress claimed the actor\u00a0sexually harassed her\u00a0on the set of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Peterson \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In May, Lively settled her 2024 suit against Baldoni, in which the actress claimed the actor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/31\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-over-it-ends-with-us-feud\/\">sexually harassed her<\/a>\u00a0on the set of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cA Simple Favor\u201d is now <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/10\/celebrity-news\/how-blake-lively-is-masterminding-hollywood-comeback-after-settling-lawsuit-with-justin-baldoni\/\">plotting a Hollywood comeback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-attempts-to-extend-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-even-further\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Lively is seeking to extend her legal battle against Justin Baldoni by requesting additional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5839,"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-5838","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\/131280932.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838","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=5838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}