Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have been photographed in public together for the first time since reports emerged about the limited legal-fee award tied to her dispute with Justin Baldoni.
The 39-year-old actress was seen on a family outing in New York on Friday with her husband, the 49-year-old Deadpool star, and her older half-sister, Robyn Lively, 54.
For the outing, Lively opted for a tonal brown look, pairing overalls with boots and finishing the outfit with a bold, chunky gold necklace.
Robyn, best known to many fans for Teen Witch, followed close behind in a double-denim outfit as she appeared to chat with Reynolds.
Lively, the youngest of five siblings, appeared to smile during parts of the stroll, while Reynolds kept a more reserved expression.
Their New York appearance came only days after the Daily Mail reported that the Gossip Girl alum was set to receive just a small portion of the legal fees sought from Baldoni following their contentious court fight.
Blake Lively, 39, stepped out in New York on Friday with husband Ryan Reynolds, 49, and her older half-sister Robyn Lively, 54, after reports surfaced about the limited legal-fee award connected to Justin Baldoni
The actress wore a brown outfit featuring overalls, boots and a chunky gold necklace
In a final humiliation for the actress on Wednesday, a judge in New York ruled that she will be awarded just five percent of the amount she sought to recoup for defending herself against Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit.
The judge said that the number of hours that Lively had billed for her lawyers were ‘unreasonable’ and criticized the ‘discrepancies’ in the expenses she was trying to claim.
The court ruling comes months after the same judge threw out most of the claims in Lively’s sexual harassment case against her It Ends With Us co-star and they agreed to settle the case with no money changing hands.
Judge Lewis Liman had previously dismissed Baldoni’s $400 million defamation countersuit against Lively, but he did allow her to seek legal fees solely related to defending that action.
In an order obtained by Our News Outlet, Judge Liman ruled: ‘The clerk of court is respectfully directed to enter judgment for Lively in the amount of $363,245.40 in attorneys’ fees and $44,206.35 in costs’.
Lively sued Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios production company in December 2024 for alleged sexual harassment on the set of the movie, and defamation.
Baldoni responded the following month with a $400 million defamation lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds, and the New York Times, which was first to publish her claims.
In October 2025, a judge dismissed Baldoni’s case and in May this year, after a judge dismissed most of Lively’s claims, she agreed to settle her claim.
But the legal battle didn’t end there.
While Lively cracked a smile at times, Reynolds’ expression remained more stoic
On Wednesday, a judge ruled that Lively will be awarded just five percent of the amount she sought to recoup for defending herself against Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit
Lively and Baldoni finally agreed to a settlement in the two-year legal battle in May – just two weeks before the case was set to go to trial. Above, on the set of It Ends With Us in 2024
It Ends with Us earned $148 million in domestic box office and $350 million globally, but whatever goodwill the film garnered was overshadowed by the allegations made by its stars
Weeks later, Lively filed court documents seeking to recoup her legal expenses from the drawn-out lawsuit.
Last month, Lively revealed in court filings just how much she was demanding: $4,544,094 from Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher and $2,951,432 from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, two high-profile law firms.
However, the final bill will be $300,000 higher because of costs related to a recent hearing on June 1, bringing it to $8.3 million.
The news she’d receive a measly $400,000 after demanding an eye-watering $8 million following their bombshell settlement, coincided with Lively birthday week when her husband shared a gushing post, calling her a ‘courageous and deeply kind genius.’
Lively and Reynolds first met in 2010 on the set of their film Green Lantern. They started dating the following year, in October 2011.
The lovebirds tied the knot on September 9, 2012 in South Carolina and share daughters James, 11, Inez, nine, Betty, six, and son Olin, three.
