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Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios was ordered to pay The New York Times more than $171k in damages. GC Images Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios was ordered to pay The New York Times more than $171,000 in damages after a judge dismissed its defamation lawsuit against the publication over its bombshell report on Blake Lively’s sexual harassment and smear campaign allegations related to It Ends With Us. “We’re delighted by the court’s decision,” a spokesperson for The New York Times said in a statement. “The anti-SLAPP statute is designed to combat exactly these kinds of meritless suits brought to silence the press.”
A rep for Wayfarer Studios did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to court documents reviewed by Entertainment Weekly, New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits awarded The New York Times $171,616.20 after granting summary judgment.
The decision stems from Wayfarer Studios’ lawsuit over The New York Times’ December 2024 investigation, which broke the news of Lively’s original sexual harassment complaint against Baldoni. The publication’s story was based on a pre-lawsuit, California Civil Rights Department filing from Lively against the It Ends With Us director.
