# Blake Lively says Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer owe her $8 million in legal fees > Source: > Published: 2026-07-01 12:48:31+00:00 **Getting your** [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/). The 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. Lively 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. Despite 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). The settlement, in which no money was exchanged, averted the long-awaited trial for Lively and the Wayfarer parties. Judge 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.