Blake Lively is seeking more than $290 million in damages from Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Productions, claiming their alleged smear campaign devastated her career, businesses and personal well-being, a significant increase from the $161 million she cited as of November 2025.
Court documents filed April 17 reveal the extent of Lively’s financial claims ahead of the two men’s trial, scheduled for May 18.
THE Gossip Girl The actress alleges that Baldoni’s alleged use of terms like “tone deaf,” “bully” 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 litigation allegedly caused an additional $24.3 million in losses, calculated by quantifying the online reach of those statements and their impact.
Its experts estimate the loss in revenue, spanning studio films, independent projects and a limited television series, at between $34.3 million and $87.8 million, with the majority of those losses attributed to missed opportunities between August 2024 and August 2029.
His companies Betty Booze and Blake Brown reportedly suffered between $39.6 million and $143.5 million in lost profits as a direct result of the legal battle.
She is also seeking between $250,000 and $400,000 for the “pain and suffering, physical pain and humiliation” she allegedly endured.
Baldoni’s legal team dismissed its own April 17 filing, arguing that descriptions of Lively as a “mean girl” or “difficult to work with” were circulating long before she began working with Baldoni and Wayfarer, and therefore did not cause additional harm to a reputation that was already under scrutiny.
In this case, a federal judge has already dismissed ten of Lively’s original thirteen complaints, including her allegations of sexual harassment, on legal and technical grounds.
The three remaining complaints, breach of contract, retaliation and aiding and abetting retaliation, will go before a jury next month.
