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Blake Lively Settles $400M Defamation Suit, Seeks $8M Fees

8/9/2026

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Blake Lively posted an Instagram carousel Aug 7, calling the July 29 Yankee Stadium match “surreal moment of this ride” and thanking fans.
She attended the Liverpool-Wrexham game on July 29 at Yankee Stadium with James (11), Inez (9), Betty (6) and Olin (3).
Lively wore a linen shirt, black jeans, Cartier jewelry and a Fendi bag before switching to Nike sneakers, then thanked photographer Guy Aroch.

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Lively Settles Suit

Lively and Baldoni settled their breach-of-contract and retaliation lawsuit on May 4, 2026.
Judge Lewis Liman dismissed Baldoni’s $400 million defamation suit against Lively, Reynolds and others in June 2025.
On June 30, 2026 Lively sought more than $8 million in attorney fees from Baldoni.
Baldoni posted a five-minute Instagram video with his wife Emily on August 8, 2026 thanking supporters after the case ended.

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Historical Context

The 1997 civil trial that held O.J. Simpson liable for Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman’s murders awarded the victims $33.5 million, a verdict that underscored how celebrity defendants could face massive financial judgments after intense media scrutiny. That precedent paved the way for later high-profile disputes, such as the 2026 Blake Lively contract case, where multi-hundred-million claims dominate public discourse.

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Blake Lively Yankees

Blake Lively posted an Instagram carousel Aug 7, calling the July 29 Yankee Stadium match “surreal moment of this ride” and thanking fans.
She attended the Liverpool-Wrexham game on July 29 at Yankee Stadium with James (11), Inez (9), Betty (6) and Olin (3).
Lively wore a linen shirt, black jeans, Cartier jewelry and a Fendi bag before switching to Nike sneakers, then thanked photographer Guy Aroch.

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