Blake Lively Demands $8M in Legal Fees | Toronto News

Toronto News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 30, 2026 · 1m

Blake Lively’s legal fight with Justin Baldoni isn’t over — she’s now seeking over $8 million to cover her legal bills, after a judge sided with her and ruled Baldoni’s defamation suit was an abusive tactic to silence her. Though both dropped their lawsuits, the financial fallout continues, with Lively’s team calling Baldoni’s countersuit a “gross abuse of the legal system” and the judge citing a law that protects plaintiffs from retaliatory lawsuits when malice can’t be proven. Even with discounted rates, the bill is still steep — proving that legal battles leave scars long after the…