politics
Justin Baldoni ordered to pay Blake Lively $400k in legal fees
A judge in New York ruled Lively will get just five percent of the amount she was seeking for defending herself against Baldoni's $400 million defamation lawsuit.
TL;DR
- Blake Lively was awarded $407,451.75 in legal fees and costs from Justin Baldoni.
- This amount is only five percent of the $8 million Lively initially demanded.
- A judge found the number of hours billed by Lively's lawyers to be unreasonable.
- The court also criticized discrepancies and the lack of detailed invoices for the claimed expenses.
- The award comes after Lively and Baldoni settled their separate lawsuits, which included a $400 million defamation countersuit by Baldoni against Lively that was dismissed.
- Lively's legal team stated the award demonstrates consequences for bringing retaliatory lawsuits and that Lively's case was about accountability, not money.