Blake Lively Clinches About $400K in Legal Fees After Baldoni Case
A New York judge awarded Blake Lively roughly $407,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs after an 18‑month dispute with director Justin Baldoni. Judge Lewis Liman said Lively’s fee rates were reasonable, but the hours billed were excessive and the documentation incomplete (invoices not submitted). The award is far smaller than the $8 million she sought and follows their May settlement amid sexual harassment allegations and a counter‑defamation suit, effectively closing the case. Baldoni and his wife later spoke about the ordeal, while Lively has kept a lower public profile since the settlement.
