Blake Lively is seeking more than $290 million in damages from Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Productions, alleging that their alleged smear campaign has devastated her career, businesses, and personal well-being, a significant increase from the $161 million she cited in November 2025.
Court documents filed on April 17 reveal the full extent of Lively’s financial claims ahead of the couple’s trial, scheduled for May 18.
He Gossip Girl The actress alleges that Baldoni’s alleged use of terms such as “deaf,” “thug” and “bad girl” to damage her reputation cost her between $36.5 million and $40.5 million.
Statements made by Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, during the course of the dispute are alleged to have caused an additional $24.3 million in losses, calculated by quantifying the online reach of those statements and their impact.
Its experts estimate the lost revenue, which spans studio films, independent projects and a limited television series, between $34.3 million and $87.8 million, with most of those losses attributed to missed opportunities between August 2024 and August 2029.
His companies Betty Booze and Blake Brown are said to have suffered between $39.6 million and $143.5 million in lost profits as a direct result of the legal battle.
He is also asking for between $250,000 and $400,000 for the “pain and suffering, physical pain and humiliation” he allegedly endured.
Baldoni’s legal team backtracked in its own April 17 filing, arguing that descriptions of Lively as a “mean girl” or “difficult to work with” had been circulating long before she began working with Baldoni and Wayfarer, and therefore did not cause additional damage to a reputation already under scrutiny.
In the case, a federal judge already dismissed ten of Lively’s thirteen original claims, including her accusations of sexual harassment, on legal and technical grounds.
The three remaining lawsuits, breach of contract, retaliation and aiding and abetting retaliation, will go before a jury next month.
