Justin Baldoni has experienced significant financial and emotional losses due to a lawsuit with Blake Lively, according to his attorney Brian Friedman.
Reports UNN citing the Daily Mail.
During a pre-trial conference on Monday, Justin Baldoni's lawyer, Brian Friedman, discussed his client's current situation amid the legal dispute with Blake Lively, the lead actress in the film "If I Don't Love You."
The conference focused on confidentiality issues. Friedman informed Manhattan District Judge Lewis Liman that his clients, including Wayfarer Studios co-founders Jamie Heath and Steve Sarowitz, have suffered considerable financial and emotional damages.
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Judge Liman urged both parties to refrain from public statements that could influence jurors ahead of the trial scheduled for March 2025.
Earlier, in a letter to the judge, Friedman stated that Wayfarer Studios employees have faced reputational damage and financial losses estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars after 37-year-old Blake Lively filed her complaint.
Last Wednesday, sources close to Baldoni informed THR that he has lost three projects and potential earnings worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including a Pac-Man adaptation that had been in development since 2022.
Reminder
Yesterday, the first hearing in the defamation case between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni took place in the U.S. The parties debated the disclosure of legal materials and the possibility of questioning Lively by Baldoni's attorney.