{"id":148342,"date":"2025-02-05T22:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/blake-lively-hit-with-6-million-defamation-lawsuit-from-justin-baldonis-pr-firm\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T22:13:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:13:36","slug":"blake-lively-hit-with-6-million-defamation-lawsuit-from-justin-baldonis-pr-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/blake-lively-hit-with-6-million-defamation-lawsuit-from-justin-baldonis-pr-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively Hit With $6 Million Defamation Lawsuit From Justin Baldoni&#8217;s PR Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another shot has been fired in the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/blake-lively-fires-back-accuses-justin-baldoni-of-inappropriate-touching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal battle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A PR firm representing Baldoni has now filed a defamation lawsuit against Lively seeking punitive damages in an amount of \u201cnot less than $6,000,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suit alleges that Lively damaged the reputation of CEO Jed Wallace and his crisis management firm, Street Relations Inc., when she mentioned them in her initial civil complaint against Baldoni.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181946259-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the LACMA Art+Film Gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California, on November 2, 2024. \" class=\"wp-image-518600 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181946259-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181946259-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181946259-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181946259-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181946259-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181946259-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181946259-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181946259-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively attends the LACMA Art+Film Gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California, on November 2, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-war-escalates-new-defamation-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a> points out, Lively did not name the parties in her formal lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>But Wallace claims that the actress\u2019 decision to name Wallace and Street Relations in her initial complaint with the State of California Civil Rights Department did sufficient damage.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-latest-allegations\">The Latest Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cNeither Wallace nor Street had anything to do with the alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, failure to investigate or aiding and abetting the alleged harassment or alleged retaliation,\u201d the lawsuit reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither could they have breached a contract with Lively because no such contract exists.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni attends the \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" amc=\"\" lincoln=\"\" square=\"\" theater=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" in=\"\" city.=\"\" attends=\"\" the=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni attends the \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" amc=\"\" lincoln=\"\" square=\"\" theater=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" in=\"\" city.=\"\" attends=\"\" the=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518598 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165621571-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Baldoni attends the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 06, 2024 in New York City. attends the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 06, 2024 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Cindy Ord\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The suit goes on to allege that Lively\u2019s claims \u201cmade with either negligence or \u2018actual malice\u2019\u201d have caused \u201cmillions of dollars in reputational harm including both general and special damages through emotional harm (Wallace), actual damages and real and projected loss of business (Wallace and Street) in an amount that exceeds $1,000,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-ongoing-battle\">An Ongoing Battle<\/h2>\n<p>The legal wrangling began in December when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/blake-lively-actually-sues-justin-baldoni-for-sexual-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni quickly filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/justin-baldoni-sues-blake-lively-for-defamation-seeks-400-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">countersuit accusing Lively of defamation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actress responded by alleging that <a href=\"http:\/\/thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-lawsuit-darvo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baldoni was trying to silence her<\/a> through legal action.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" photocall=\"\" at=\"\" iet=\"\" building:=\"\" savoy=\"\" place=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" photocall=\"\" at=\"\" iet=\"\" building:=\"\" savoy=\"\" place=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518599 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2165835108-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively attends the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d photocall at IET Building: Savoy Place on August 08, 2024 in London, England.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images for Sony Pictures)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blake\u2019s attorneys continued that line of attack today, accusing Street and Wallace of attempting to score a victory in the court of public opinion. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother day, another state, another nine-figure lawsuit seeking to sue Ms. Lively \u2018into oblivion\u2019 for speaking out against sexual harassment and retaliation,\u201d reads a statement from Lively\u2019s legal team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just a publicity stunt \u2014 it is transparent retaliation in response to allegations contained within a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint that Ms. Lively filed with the California Civil Rights Department. While this lawsuit will be dismissed, we are pleased that Mr. Wallace has finally emerged from the shadows, and that he too will be held accountable in federal court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, it seems that the war between these former co-stars is just beginning.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/blake-lively-hit-with-6-million-defamation-lawsuit-from-justin-baldonis-pr-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Another shot has been fired in the ongoing Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal battle. A PR firm representing Baldoni has now filed a defamation lawsuit against Lively seeking punitive damages in an amount of \u201cnot less than $6,000,000.\u201d The suit alleges that Lively damaged the reputation of CEO Jed Wallace and his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-148342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}