{"slug": "blake-lively-says-justin-baldoni-wayfarer-owe-her-8-million-in-legal-fees", "title": "Blake Lively says Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer owe her $8 million in legal fees", "summary": "Blake Lively is seeking $8 million in legal fees from Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios after settling the \"It Ends With Us\" legal saga. A New York judge approved Lively's bid for the Wayfarer parties to cover her attorneys' fees and costs, following her allegations of sexual harassment and a smear campaign. The settlement, which involved no money exchanged, averted a trial.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...[Blake Lively](https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/15/justin-baldoni-must-pay-blake-lively-legal-fees/) is calling on a New York court to have Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer parties fork over just north of $8 million to cover her legal fees, following their [settlement in the “It Ends With Us” legal saga](https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/15/justin-baldoni-must-pay-blake-lively-legal-fees/).\n\nThe 38-year-old “Gossip Girl” alum is seeking $7,495,526.87 million in attorneys’ fees, as well as $539,514.01 in costs and expenses related to “the successful defense of the Wayfarer Action,” according to court filings obtained Tuesday by The Daily News.\n\nLively alleged in a December 2024 civil rights complaint and lawsuit that director and co-star Baldoni, 42, sexually harassed her on the set of “It Ends With Us,” after which she claims he and the Wayfarer parties waged a smear campaign against the actress. Baldoni co-owns the production company Wayfarer Studios.\n\nDespite Baldoni’s tossed megawatt lawsuits — $400 million for defamation against Lively and co., $250 million for libel against The New York Times for their coverage of her claims — the case settled last month, by which point [Baldoni was no longer part of the case](https://people.com/justin-baldoni-is-ecstatic-at-the-result-of-wayfarer-settlement-with-blake-lively-says-his-lawyer-11968102).\n\nThe settlement, in which no money was exchanged, averted the long-awaited trial for Lively and the Wayfarer parties.\n\nJudge Lewis J. Liman earlier this month [approved Lively’s bid for the Wayfarer parties to foot the bill for her legal fees](https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/06/12/justin-baldoni-must-pay-blake-lively-legal-fees/), but not her attempt to have them pay punitive or treble damages.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/blake-lively-says-justin-baldoni-wayfarer-owe-her-8-million-in-legal-fees", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/07/01/blake-lively-baldoni-legal-fees-8-million/", "published_at": "2026-07-01 12:48:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-01 13:21:55.843587+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Blake Lively", "Justin Baldoni", "Wayfarer Studios", "The New York Times", "Lewis J. Liman"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/blake-lively-says-justin-baldoni-wayfarer-owe-her-8-million-in-legal-fees", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/blake-lively-says-justin-baldoni-wayfarer-owe-her-8-million-in-legal-fees.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/blake-lively-says-justin-baldoni-wayfarer-owe-her-8-million-in-legal-fees.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/blake-lively-says-justin-baldoni-wayfarer-owe-her-8-million-in-legal-fees.jsonld"}}