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Judge Schedules Blake Lively Retaliation Trial for May 18

4/30/2026

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Judge Lewis Liman set the retaliation trial between Blake Lively and producer Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios for May 18 in Manhattan.
Lively’s sexual-harassment claim was dismissed, leaving breach-of-contract, retaliation and aiding-and-abetting retaliation claims to proceed.
Lively’s experts say she lost $230 million in earnings, $40 million in reputational harm, and a $35 million sequel opportunity.
Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit was dismissed in June after lawyer Amir Kaltgrad called the $200-plus-million damage figures “pie-in-the-sky.”

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Judge Lewis Liman set the retaliation trial between Blake Lively and producer Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios for May 18 in Manhattan.
Lively’s sexual-harassment claim was dismissed, leaving breach-of-contract, retaliation and aiding-and-abetting retaliation claims to proceed.
Lively’s experts say she lost $230 million in earnings, $40 million in reputational harm, and a $35 million sequel opportunity.
Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit was dismissed in June after lawyer Amir Kaltgrad called the $200-plus-million damage figures “pie-in-the-sky.”