{"id":362196,"date":"2025-11-07T12:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/362196\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:45:17","slug":"blake-lively-claims-161-million-in-damages-due-to-it-ends-with-us-smear-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/362196\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively claims $161 million in damages due to \u2018It Ends With Us\u2019 smear campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Lively claims she lost a staggering $161 million due to the smear campaign launched against her during the release of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress\u2019 attorneys allege she lost multimillions due to her reputation being harmed, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/blake-lively-161-million-damages-smear-campaign-1236572034\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to Variety<\/a>. The losses are listed as $56.2 million in past and future earnings from acting, producing, speaking engagements and endorsements; a $49 million loss from her haircare line, Blake Brown; and a $22 million loss from her beverage company, Betty Buzz\/Betty Booze.<\/p>\n<p>Her attorneys also allege that she\u2019s suffered at least $34 million in reputational harm, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Blake Lively claims she lost a staggering $161 million due to the smear campaign launched against her during the release of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>Lively is suing Justin Baldoni\u2019s publicity team for allegedly masterminding the smear campaign against her following her allegations of sexual harassment against him. Getty Images for  Vital Voices Global Partnership<\/p>\n<p>After alleging the actress suffered $161 million in damages, her attorneys are seeking at least three times that in punitive damages.<\/p>\n<p>The figures are from a disclosure provided to the defense in July, after Lively filed her lawsuit on Dec. 31, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Lively\u2019s attorney didn\u2019t immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The actress\u2019 attorneys allege she lost multimillions due to her reputation being harmed. \u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>The actress allegedly suffered $161 million in damages. GC Images<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum\u00a0is embroiled in an ongoing lawsuit against her \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d director\/co-star Justin Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios for allegedly sexually harassing her while filming the 2024 drama. Baldoni has vehemently denied the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s also suing Baldoni\u2019s publicity team for allegedly masterminding a smear campaign against her following her allegations. Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/16\/celebrity-news\/blake-livelys-lawsuit-against-justin-baldoni-hits-setback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claim against Jed Wallace<\/a>, a social media public relations expert, was dismissed in July.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni countersued Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, for extortion and defamation in January. However, a judge\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/09\/celebrity-news\/judge-tosses-justin-baldonis-400m-lawsuit-against-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">threw out his $400 million suit<\/a>\u00a0in June.<\/p>\n<p>Her attorneys are seeking at least three times that in punitive damages. Getty Images for Sony Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni vehemently denied the sexual harassment accusations. GC Images<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/03\/celebrity-news\/justin-baldonis-400m-countersuit-against-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-officially-ended-by-judge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">countersuit came to a conclusion<\/a> after US District Court Judge Lewis Liman \u2014 who\u2019s overseeing the case \u2014 entered a final judgment stating that Baldoni and his co-plaintiffs had declined to file an amended complaint in their countersuit against Lively and Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>Liman said he had contacted all parties in mid-October to warn them that he would be entering a final judgment to conclude the case, noting that Lively was the only one to respond.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The actress asked that her request for legal fees remain active, which Liman granted.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s attorney, Bryan Freedman, told Page Six that the actor and his Wayfarer Studios team <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/05\/celebrity-news\/justin-baldoni-warns-that-legal-battle-against-blake-lively-isnt-over-despite-countersuit-closure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">intentionally opted not to file an amended complaint.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni countersued Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, for extortion and defamation in January. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>However, a judge\u00a0threw out his $400 million suit\u00a0in June. Getty Images for Sony Pictures<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo deadlines were missed,\u201d Freedman stressed. \u201cOur clients chose not to amend their complaint to preserve appeal rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the meantime, we are focusing on Ms. Lively\u2019s claims,\u201d Freedman added.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that he and his team \u201cremain fully committed to pursuing the truth through every legal and factual avenue available\u201d and \u201clook forward to [their] day in court.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blake Lively claims she lost a staggering $161 million due to the smear campaign launched against her during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":362197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[45511,185,7881,39278,172,171,34615,53,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-362196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-blake-lively","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity-feuds","11":"tag-celebrity-lawsuits","12":"tag-celebrity-news","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-justin-baldoni","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115508486027435965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}