Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Tuesday that Lively has ended her more than two‑decade working relationship with publicist Leslie Sloane.
- Sloane and her firm, Vision PR, had been named in Justin Baldoni’s countersuit that accused them of planting negative stories, but judges later dismissed those claims.
- Lively and Baldoni settled their litigation in May 2026 just before trial, with reports saying no money changed hands in the agreement.
- Court filings show Lively sought roughly $7.5–8 million in legal fees but a judge awarded her about $400,000, and news reports have estimated high combined legal costs for the stars.
- Sloane founded Vision PR in 2014 and guided Lively’s publicity since the ‘Gossip Girl’ era, and the split could reshape Lively’s public strategy and prompt scrutiny of how PR teams handle high‑profile disputes.