A legal expert tells Page Six Baldoni’s team likely chose that massive amount to message he “will fight to the death to defend his name and bring Lively and Reynolds down.”

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's dispute is moving from the movie set to the courtroom as a trial date is set.

Lively sued Baldoni in New York in December for harassment and attacks on her reputation. Baldoni sued this month, accusing Lively and her husband of defamation and extortion.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman told both Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s teams to prepare for a March 9, 2026 court date, according to the Associated Press. That means we may continue to be subjected to the actors’ messy,