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Justin Baldoni Ordered to Pay 6-Figure Sum in Legal Fees to New York Times
NYT to Justin Baldoni
This Just In… You Owe Us Money!!!
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Justin Baldoni will write his first check in the wake of his legal war with Blake Lively … because he was just ordered to pay The New York Times legal fees after his failed lawsuit.
According to legal documents obtained by TMZ … Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios has been ordered to cough up $171,616 to The Times … after a judge tossed his suit against the newspaper and another against Blake last summer.
As you know … Justin and Wayfarer were suing Blake and Ryan Reynolds for $400 Million and The Times for $250 Million, alleging defamation over an article about all the drama on the “It Ends With Us” movie set … a story Baldoni alleged was a part of a smear campaign against him.
The Times then sued him back under New York’s anti-SLAPP law … seeking “compensatory and punitive damages against plaintiffs who, like Wayfarer, commence or continue meritless legal claims for the purpose of ‘harassing, intimidating, punishing or otherwise maliciously inhibiting the free exercise of speech.”
As we reported … a federal judge ruled that Baldoni and Wayfarer must pay Blake’s legal fees … but the final amount is currently being hashed out in court. Blake is asking for a little more than $8 million.