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Blake Lively Sees Attorney Fee Motion as Act of Advocacy
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Blake Lively Sees Attorney Fee Motion as Act of Advocacy

Variety·Gene Maddaus·25 days ago
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Blake Lively agreed to settle her claims against Justin Baldoni ‘s Wayfarer Studios on Monday, but her legal battle continues in the form of a motion for attorney fees resulting from Baldoni’s failed defamation suit against her. Lively filed the motion last September under a 2023 California law that seeks to protect sexual abuse accusers from “weaponized” defamation suits. That motion was the one piece of the legal feud left unresolved by the settlement. Her lawyer, Sigrid McCawley, said Thursday that the motion gives Lively a platform to advocate on behalf of those who face the threat of defamation suits for speaking out. Popular on Variety “It allows her to help pave the way here,” McCawley told Variety . “This is really a space where she’s been able to do some great good for survivors, and she wants to continue that work.…

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