Overview

• Lively filed a Sept. 9 motion estimating a several‑million‑dollar award that would cover attorneys’ fees, treble economic and emotional damages, and punitive damages.
• She requests an early damages determination before her separate harassment case proceeds to trial in 2026 to avoid delay and block further retaliatory filings.
• Lively invokes California’s 2023 law protecting harassment reports, arguing she had a reasonable basis and no malice, while Baldoni denies wrongdoing and contests the law’s applicability.
• A New York judge dismissed Baldoni’s $400 million defamation suit in June 2025, and Lively now seeks a ruling that the California statute applies followed by a hearing on damages.
• Separately, Promiflash cites court documents reported by TMZ alleging another unnamed person raised concerns about Baldoni on a different project, while earlier claims from actor Isabela Ferrer were also disputed by his team.