Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni: $200M Lawsuit Trial

0:00On April 29th, Blake Lively is gunning for more than $200 million in damages from her itdans with his co-star, Justin Baldoni, in an aim, upcoming civil trial. The beef stems from her claims of a smear campaign that tanked her career and businesses after she flagged on set issues. Most of her original lawsuit got tossed, but the retaliation angle heads to a federal jury in Manhattan on May 18th. Earlier this week in court, Baldoni's lawyer ripped into Lively's damages, math as pie in the sky stuff, especially her $35 million dollar ask, for a sequel or prequel that never happened. Lively's team fired back, saying Baldoni himself pushed for more projects and even floated her directing one. The fallout hit hard, Lively says a wave of arm-mine hate in early August 2024, nuked projected earnings from her Blake Brown hair care line, and Betty Boose drinks anywhere from $39.6 million to $143.5 million. Her lawyers painted her as a 20-year vet of big films whose

1:01massive target launch got wiped out overnight. Baldoni's cam argues the backlash tied to the movie premiere and Lively urging cast to unfollow him online, not anything he did. They're also battling her experts on betrayal trauma and those lost income figures, calling them way outside her usual earnings. The judge held off on expert rulings waiting for more briefs and another hearing next Tuesday. This saga is just heating up as trial time looms. That's the story for today. Entertainment and celebrity news today, Driven by AI