Blake Lively is seeking more than $160 million in damages for a smear campaign against her during the release of her film It Ends With Us.
In newly released court filings seen by People, Lively claims she has lost $56.2 million in past and future earnings from acting, speaking engagements, and sponsorships.
Documents originally filed in July also claim that the 38-year-old actor suffered $71 million in lost business profits from hair care products company Blake Brown and beverage companies Betty Buzz and Betty Booze.
Her lawyers also claim that Ms. Lively has suffered $34 million in reputational damage due to her “defamatory statements.”
In the lawsuit, which was first filed on December 31, 2024, Lively's legal team said her damages exceeded $75,000. But in disclosures provided to the defense in new documents, her team claimed she suffered at least $161 million in actual damages.
According to Variety, her lawyers plan to seek punitive damages of at least three times that amount.
Lively's disclosure states that her damages are preliminary and may be proven through expert testimony at trial, according to the filing.
The documents were filed after Seraph of the End co-star Justin Baldoni entered final judgment in a $400 million defamation and extortion countersuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds after Baldoni missed the deadline to file an amended complaint.
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Last Friday, U.S. District Judge Louis Lehman signed an order saying Baldoni, 41, and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, had missed a deadline after the court dismissed the lawsuit in June.
Liman said he contacted all parties on Oct. 17 to let them know he planned to issue a final judgment to end the case.
Lively was the only one to respond, asking the judge to make the dismissal final and leave the claim for legal costs in place, which the judge agreed to.
E! reports that even after the court decides on Lively's pending attorney's fees request, Baldoni may still appeal the denial. news.
Mr. Lehman previously dismissed Mr. Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios' lawsuit on June 9, but allowed him and his attorneys to amend the complaint to change “claims related to claims of tortious interference with contract and breach of implied contract.”
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Mr. Lehman also ruled that Mr. Baldoni's claim that Mr. Lively stole creative control of the film did not amount to extortion under California law.
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“The Wayfarer Parties do not allege that Mr. Lively is responsible for any statements other than those in the privileged CRD Complaint,” Lehman wrote in his opinion and order filing. “The Wayfarer Parties alleged that Reynolds and (publicist Leslie) Sloan issued additional statements accusing Baldoni of sexual misconduct, and that the Times issued additional statements accusing the Wayfarer Parties of engaging in a smear campaign.
“However, the Wayfarer Parties do not allege that Reynolds, Sloan, or the Times would have seriously doubted the truth of these statements based on the information available to them, as is required to be liable for defamation under applicable law.''
“The Wayfarer Parties' additional claims also fail. Accordingly, the amended claims must be dismissed in their entirety.”
The judge also dismissed Baldoni's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, which reported on Lively's sexual harassment allegations.
Baldoni's lawsuit sought at least $400 million in damages, including loss of future income. The lawsuit by Baldoni and production company Wayfarer Studios, which also names Sloan as a defendant, comes about two weeks after Lively sued Baldoni and several people involved in the film, alleging harassment and a coordinated campaign to attack her reputation after she came forward about her treatment on set.
Lively sued Baldoni in late December 2024, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, and sought unspecified damages. The trial is currently scheduled to take place in March 2026.
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