Blake Lively Demands Legal Fees from Baldoni Battle

and 's legal war may be over - but they are still firing shots at each other, the Daily Mail can reveal. 

Just days after the feuding parties reached a settlement in Lively's nearly two-year long battle against her It Ends With Us co-star, the actress is still pursuing him for legal fees and damages tied to his failed $400 million defamation case against her.  

Baldoni had countersued Lively, her husband and the  in early 2025, but a judge dismissed the lawsuit last year.

Now Lively is demanding he pay the costs of her responding to his lawsuit in a move that could spark weeks of more fighting. 

She is also demanding 'compensatory damages tripled, and punitive damages,'  according to a court filing.

The document was filed at a New York court three days after .

In a joint statement announcing the settlement, neither side apologized but they acknowledged Lively's claims 'deserved to be heard.' 

Lively's lawyer Michael Gottlieb said in a filing that the court should impose 'severe and mandatory penalties against any party who files unsuccessful retaliatory defamation actions against sexual harassment and retaliation complainants.'

He said that Lively's allegations against Baldoni were legally protected because she made them with the California Civil Rights Department.

Judge Lewis Liman, who oversaw both cases, agreed with her and dismissed Baldoni's case in November last year on that basis.

Gottlieb wrote that California Civil Code Section 47.1, the applicable law, was designed to ensure that people who claim sexual harassment can 'share their experiences with courts, agencies, the press, and others without fear of suit.' 

Gottlieb also asked to submit a five-page brief to the court explaining how they want the judge to award her the money, the filing stated.