Actor Blake Lively has asked a judge to order Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios to pay nearly $8 million in legal fees and costs she says she spent defending herself against Baldoni's defamation lawsuit, Variety said.
According to the publication, the latest update has come just after a dismissed Baldoni's $400 million defamation suit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
The lawsuit was filed after Lively
accused her 'It Ends With Us' co-star and director of sexually harassing her on the film's set and running an online campaign against her after she raised complaints.Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios denied the allegations and claimed Lively and Reynolds used false harassment claims to take control of the film.
However, the court later dismissed the defamation suit, ruling that Lively's allegations were protected under litigation privilege.