Overview
- Justin Baldoni and his wife Emily posted a joint Instagram video on Wednesday saying they had stayed publicly silent for nearly two years and that their family is “healing” after a traumatic legal ordeal.
- The parties announced a confidential settlement in May that ended the trial that had been set to begin in mid‑May and included a joint statement from both sides seeking closure.
- A federal judge earlier dismissed most of Blake Lively’s claims while allowing limited retaliation‑related claims to proceed and finding that Wayfarer must cover certain legal fees tied to a dismissed defamation counterclaim.
- Post‑settlement court filings show Lively’s lawyers seeking roughly $7.5–8 million in attorneys’ fees and costs from Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios, a request that remains pending and may be challenged by the defendants.
- The dispute grew from Lively’s December 2024 harassment and retaliation complaint tied to the 2024 film It Ends With Us and has left reputational and emotional effects for the people involved, with lawyers and courts now focused on the remaining fee issues.