Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were spotted for the first time since her humiliating payout from Justin Baldoni was revealed.
The actress, 39, enjoyed a family outing with the Deadpool star, 49, and her sister Robyn Lively, 54, in New York on Friday.
Lively wore an all-brown ensemble of overalls, boots and a chunky gold chain, while Robyn, seen in double denim, strolled behind the star as she chatted with Reynolds. While Lively smiled occasionally, Reynolds’ expression remained stoic.
The family outing came just days after the Daily Mail revealed the Gossip Girl star would receive only a small portion of the legal fees she tried to claim from Baldoni following their bitter lawsuit.
Blake Lively, 39, was seen with her husband Ryan Reynolds, 49, and her older half-sister Robyn Lively, 54, in New York on Friday
The actress wore a brown ensemble consisting of overalls, boots and a chunky gold chain
On Wednesday, a judge in New York ruled that she will get only five percent ($400,000) of the amount she sought to recover ($8 million) for defending herself against Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit.
The judge said the hours Lively charged for her lawyers were “unreasonable” and criticized the “discrepancies” in the expenses she tried to claim.
The court’s ruling comes months after the same judge dismissed most of the claims in Lively’s sexual harassment case against her It Ends With Us co-star and they agreed to settle the case without any money having to change hands.
Judge Lewis Liman had previously dismissed Baldoni’s defamation countersuit against Lively, but he did allow her to seek legal fees related solely to defending that action.
In an order obtained by the Daily Mail, Judge Liman ruled: “The clerk is respectfully directed to enter judgment for Lively in the amount of $363,245.40 in attorneys’ fees and $44,206.35 in costs.”
Lively sued Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios in December 2024, alleging sexual harassment on the set of the film and defamation.
Baldoni responded the following month with the $400 million lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and the New York Times, which first published her claims.
Last October, a judge dismissed Baldoni’s case, and in May this year, after a judge dismissed most of Lively’s claims, she agreed to settle her claim. But the legal battle did not end there.
While Lively smiled occasionally, Reynolds’ expression remained stoic
On Wednesday, a judge ruled that Lively will get only five percent of the amount she sought to recover for defending herself against Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit.
Lively and Baldoni finally reached a settlement in the two-year legal battle in May – just two weeks before the case was set to go to trial. Above, on the set of It Ends With Us in 2024
It Ends with Us earned $148 million at the domestic box office and $350 million worldwide, but the goodwill the film garnered was overshadowed by the stars’ allegations.
Weeks later, Lively filed court papers to recoup her legal fees from the lengthy lawsuit.
Last month, Lively revealed in court filings how much she was seeking: $4,544,094 from Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher and $2,951,432 from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, two high-profile law firms.
However, the final bill will be $300,000 higher due to costs related to a recent hearing on June 1, bringing it to $8.3 million.
The news that she would receive a paltry $400,000 after demanding an eye-watering $8 million following their bombshell settlement coincided with her birthday, when her husband shared a gushing post calling her a “courageous and deeply kind genius.”
Lively and Reynolds first met in 2010 on the set of Green Lantern. They started dating the following year, in October 2011.
They married on September 9, 2012 in South Carolina and share daughters James, 11, Inez, nine, Betty, six, and son Olin, three.
