The judge in Blake Lively’s ongoing lawsuit against “It Ends With Us” costar Justin Baldoni ordered her to turn over three years of business income records to his lawyers, but blocked his demand for her total net worth.
Thursday’s mixed decision — awarding Baldoni some, but not all, of the financial records he has demanded — is the latest development in Lively’s December 2024 lawsuit.
Lively alleges Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set and then tried to destroy her reputation through a “sophisticated” press and online attack campaign when she complained.
She is seeking an unspecified cash judgment for lost wages and mental and emotional distress. In June, a judge dismissed Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit against Lively.
The judge’s most recent decision requires Lively to turn over all of her business income and expense records from January 1, 2022 to present. She must do so by July 25, the judge ruled.
These records are needed for “establishing whether such income and expenses have changed since the events described” in her lawsuit, the judge wrote.
Lively has alleged in court papers that Baldoni’s attacks on her reputation depressed the retail sales of her hair care line, Blake Brown, by “56% —78%.” She also has a sparkling mixer brand, Betty Buzz.
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“Lively must have some basis for stating that she has suffered economic damages,” the judge wrote in ordering her to turn over her income records.
The judge spared Lively from having to turn over her last three years of net worth records.
Lively’s side had complained that this demand was overbroad and that the records, which could have included details of property values, savings, and investments, would be irrelevant to proving her businesses’ lost income.
The judge agreed, writing, “Lively cannot be compelled to produce documents regarding her personal assets and liabilities with no relationship to any alleged loss in income or opportunities resulting from defendants’ actions.”
Barring some kind of settlement, the case is not scheduled to wrap anytime soon. Lawyers for both sides are due in court on October 21 for their next status conference, and a 2026 trial date has yet to be set.