Maybe It Ends With $161 Million in Damages

"In the attached exhibit, Lively's lawyers claim the campaign cost her $56.2 million in lost income, including acting and producing gigs, speaking engagements, and appearances, $71 million in lost business profits from Betty Buzz, Betty Booze, and Blake Brown Beauty, and that the "65,000,000 impressions of the defamatory statements" cost her an additional $34 million in "reputational harm." In the original lawsuit, Lively's lawyers listed a mere $75,000 in damages."

"The same exhibit includes a list of more than 100 witnesses, including Taylor Swift, Gigi Hadid, Hugh Jackman, Lively's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars, Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, and Alexis Bledel, as well as Emily Blunt, Colleen Hoover, Jenny Slate, and all three of the Haim sisters, Este, Danielle, and Alana. 'Parties are notoriously over-inclusive when they list witnesses in their initial disclosures because they don't want to lose the right to call someone at trial"

Blake Lively filed a lawsuit on December 31, 2024 alleging Justin Baldoni sexually harassed her, created a hostile work environment on the set of It Ends With Us, and orchestrated a smear campaign. Lively seeks $161 million in damages in a newly unsealed July filing, attributing $56.2 million to lost income, $71 million to lost business profits from Betty Buzz, Betty Booze, and Blake Brown Beauty, and $34 million to reputational harm tied to "65,000,000 impressions." The original complaint listed $75,000 in damages. The filing lists more than 100 potential witnesses, including numerous high-profile celebrities. A judge dismissed Baldoni's separate lawsuit after a missed amended-complaint deadline.

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