Blake Lively is seeking over $290 million in damages from Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Productions, claiming their alleged smear campaign has destroyed her career, her businesses and her 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 demands ahead of the couple’s trial scheduled for May 18.
The Gossip Girl The actress claims Baldoni’s alleged use of terms like “tone deaf,” “thug” and “mean 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 claimed to have caused an additional $24.3 million in losses, calculated by quantifying the online reach of those statements and their impact.
Her experts estimate lost income 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 attributable to missed opportunities between August 2024 and August 2029.
Her 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.
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 pushed back in their own filing on April 17, arguing that descriptions of Lively as a “mean girl” or “hard to work with” had been circulating long before she began working with Baldoni and Wayfarer, and therefore did not cause further damage to a reputation that was already under scrutiny.
The case has already seen a federal judge dismiss ten of Lively’s original thirteen claims, including her allegations of sexual harassment, on legal and technical grounds.
The three remaining claims, breach of contract, retaliation and aiding and abetting retaliation, will be heard by a jury next month.
