{"id":2404423,"date":"2026-05-06T10:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2404423"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:52:25","slug":"justin-baldonis-lawyer-addresses-blake-lively-settlement-keeps-vague-on-1-key-detail-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-addresses-blake-lively-settlement-keeps-vague-on-1-key-detail-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Baldoni&#8217;s Lawyer Addresses Blake Lively Settlement, Keeps Vague on 1 Key Detail &#8211; Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2205837\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Backgrid<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/justin-baldoni\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Justin Baldoni<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s lawyer is speaking out about the settling of the<em> It Ends with Us<\/em> lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>If you did not see the news, the lawyers released a statement confirming <strong>Justin <\/strong>and his former co-star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/blake-lively\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a> had settled out of court.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for both parties said on Monday night (May 4):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe end product \u2013 the movie \u2018It Ends With Us\u2019 \u2013 is a source of pride to all of us who worked to bring it to life. Raising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors \u2013 and all survivors \u2013 is a goal that we stand behind.<\/p>\n<p>We acknowledge the process presented challenges and recognize concerns raised by Ms. Lively deserved to be heard. We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments. It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Today, we have more info. First, there was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/05\/blake-lively-justin-baldonis-settlement-money-details-revealed-youre-going-to-be-surprised\/\">no money exchanged between parties as part of the settlement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8f408d\"><strong>Baldoni<\/strong>\u2018s lawyer <strong>Bryan Freedman<\/strong> released a statement saying that <strong>Justin<\/strong> is \u201cfeeling pretty good\u201d about the settlement. He also said they were \u201cpresented\u201d with the opportunity to settle.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-bd6417\">\u201cThere was a willingness to get the case resolved, given the opportunity and the position the case was set, and so, you know, when we were presented with an opportunity, we took that opportunity,\u201d he said to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/justin-baldoni-blake-lively-surprise-settlement-how-it-came-together-rcna343558\">NBC News<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-he-did-not-specifically-say-if-blake-s-team-presented-a-settlement-offer-to-justin-s-team-keeping-it-vague\">He did not specifically say if Blake\u2019s team presented a settlement offer to Justin\u2019s team, keeping it vague.<\/h3>\n<p>He gave another interview on Tuesday (May 5), where he again said the \u201copportunity\u201d came along to settle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen an opportunity comes along that is way too good to pass up\u2026\u201d he told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/05\/bryan-freedman-reacts-to-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-settlement\/\">TMZ<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>After he said this, he was questioned if <strong>Blake<\/strong>\u2018s team approached <strong>Justin<\/strong>\u2018s team with the settlement, and <strong>Freedman <\/strong>said in response, \u201cIt\u2019s not a question of who the overture was made by. I think that the opportunity existed, and it was an incredible opportunity, and you don\u2019t pass up an incredible opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He declared this a \u201chuge victory\u201d for <strong>Justin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/blake-lively\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blake Lively<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/it-ends-with-us\/\" rel=\"tag\">It Ends with Us<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/justin-baldoni\/\" rel=\"tag\">Justin Baldoni<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.justjared.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Backgrid Justin Baldoni\u2018s lawyer is speaking out about the settling of the It Ends with Us lawsuit. If you did not see the news, the lawyers released a statement confirming Justin and his former co-star Blake Lively had settled out of court. Lawyers for both parties said on Monday night (May 4): \u201cThe end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2404424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2404423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Justin-Baldonis-Lawyer-Addresses-Blake-Lively-Settlement-Keeps-Vague-on.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404425,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404423\/revisions\/2404425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}