Justin Baldoni challenges Blake Lively’s ‘excessive’ request after breaking silence on legal war

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Justin Baldoni challenged Blake Lively’s latest ineligible request, days aft breaking his silence connected their ongoing tribunal battle.

On Monday, nan character submitted a filing dubbing his “It Ends With Us” co-star’s demand for ineligible fees “excessive” — and requesting a judge trim it.

The filing, obtained by Page Six connected Tuesday, claimed “the astir cursory reappraisal of Lively’s submission shows aggregate lawyers astatine nan aforesaid hearings, galore charges for lawyers conferencing, conferring aliases strategizing pinch 1 another, and to put it mildly, highly excessive investigation and online investigation.”

Baldoni’s ineligible squad went connected to telephone Lively’s petition for $8 cardinal “anything but a emblematic interest motion.”

Lively asked successful June to beryllium awarded $7,495,526.87 successful attorneys’ fees and $539,514.01 successful litigation costs and expenses.

Baldoni’s attorneys blasted nan second arsenic a “whopping” sum that “should beryllium denied successful its entirety.”

The lawyers pointed retired that nan New York Times antecedently requested $181,622.70 successful attorneys’ fees successful a “motion to disregard precisely nan aforesaid defamation claim.”

Baldoni, notably, sued nan publication for $250 million successful 2024 successful a lawsuit that was later dismissed — arsenic was his $400 suit against Lively.

As for Lively’s lawsuit against Baldoni, nan duo settled successful May and avoided facing disconnected successful beforehand of a judge.

While neither earned money successful nan settlement, nan ineligible warfare raged connected arsenic nan “Gossip Girl” alum attempts to recoup fees.

Lively’s rep did not instantly respond to Page Six’s petition for comment.

The brace person been duking it retired successful tribunal since precocious 2024 — but Baldoni, 42, didn’t speak publically connected nan matter until posting an Instagram video pinch woman Emily Baldoni, pinch whom he shares 2 kids.

“There person been truthful galore achy things spoken into beingness complete nan past mates years. Untruthful,” nan “Jane nan Virgin” alum said, successful part, successful past week’s upload. “And that created truthful overmuch noise, and we didn’t want to adhd to nan noise. So we conscionable wanted to fto nan justness strategy tally its course.”

Emily, 41, quipped, “And nan truth and facts person spoken for themselves.”

Lively, for her part, cautiously addressed nan situation during her “Another Simple Favor” property tour past year.

“This twelvemonth has been afloat of nan highest highs and lowest lows of my life,” nan 38-year-old said connected “Late Night With Seth Meyers” successful May 2025. “I spot truthful galore women astir acrophobic to speak, especially now, acrophobic to stock their experience. Fear is by design, it’s what keeps america silent.”

The actress, who has 4 children pinch hubby Ryan Reynolds, added that “no matter what” she’s experiencing, she has to “be Disneyland” for her kids and show up successful nan “best … chaos.”