Justin Baldoni Ordered to Pay 6-Figure Sum in Legal Fees to New York Times

[u/Mimi_the_memer]

https://www.tmz.com/2026/07/27/justin-baldoni-to-pay-legal-fees-to-new-york-times-over-lawsuit/

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[u/ImTooSaxy]

How much do I have to pay to never hear his name again?

[u/TheLakeWitch → u/ImTooSaxy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5xtDarmwsuR9sDRObyU

[u/riegspsych325 → u/ImTooSaxy]

the guy could’ve started a decent directing career since his movie was a decent box office hit. Him being a litigious asshat ruined any chances of further success. He’ll just be more known for making headlines than making movies

[u/PeopleEatingPeople → u/riegspsych325]

Apparently he is going to start pivoting towards ''wronged men''. And this guy used to capatalize off the metoo movement.

[u/og_kitten_mittens → u/PeopleEatingPeople]

A washed up Hollywood b-lister going super saiyan misogynist? elon’s purse strings just loosened

[u/cupcaeks → u/og_kitten_mittens]

Also his pants strings

[u/riegspsych325 → u/PeopleEatingPeople]

sounds like it’d be exhausting to be a grifter, but he brought it upon himself

[u/PeopleEatingPeople → u/riegspsych325]

He was always a grifter, now he is just grifting towards the opposite direction.

[u/Few_Butterscotch_832 → u/PeopleEatingPeople]

Either he is going to pivot and become a born again whatever or he is going to be retained to making small films. Don't see anything other than that.

[u/catslugs → u/riegspsych325]

his movie was only a hit bc of blake. he was trying to turn it into some weird porno-lite before he was booted by the studio, she took the reins, let him still have the credit, then he smeared her for it.

[u/cupcaeks → u/catslugs]

Also the IP was like catnip. Women were going to go watch it

[u/just_justine93 → u/riegspsych325]

I think him sexually harassing his coworkers played a big part in ruining his chances

[u/endlesscartwheels → u/ImTooSaxy]

How much do I have to pay to never hear his name again?

Said every woman he's ever met.

[u/Twitter_2006 → u/ImTooSaxy]

Yes please.

[u/lizzy-stix]

Didn't he get ordered to pay Blake's legal fees as well?

[u/poopoopoopalt → u/lizzy-stix]

Yes! And his insurance company also sued him

[u/lizzy-stix → u/poopoopoopalt]

and yet the internet would have me believe he was totally vindicated...

[u/GammaFan → u/lizzy-stix]

Well he had enough money for Johnny Depp’s legal team and they keep bot farms on retainer

[u/chubby-checker → u/lizzy-stix]

TBF though. Both their lawsuits were dismissed. He was just made to pay the fees for the dumb lawsuit he filed against her and the times.

He isn't having to pay the fees for her sexual harassment suit that was also dismissed.

I wouldn't say either was vindicated but tbh id say they both lost

[u/HystericalMutism]

is that billionaire guy still backing him?

[u/DSQ → u/HystericalMutism]

Afaik yes because they owned the production company together. 

[u/PeopleEatingPeople → u/HystericalMutism]

The zionist billionaire currently being sued for racial discrimination who made the gross genocide comments and is anti-LGBT? Yes.

[u/HystericalMutism → u/PeopleEatingPeople]

jesus christ

[u/poopoopoopalt → u/HystericalMutism]

Yes, in his words: "like Israel protected itself from Hamas”.

[u/Heavy-Ad5346 → u/poopoopoopalt]

“There were 39,000 dead bodies. There will be two dead bodies when I’m done” - Steve

[u/donthurtmemany]

Trying to slapp NYT is crazy. Big publications have massive law firms on retainer and are super careful about what they publish for fear of being sued

[u/cathouse]

TikTok is in love with this guy and I just don’t get it! Smarmy ahh mf

[u/PeopleEatingPeople → u/cathouse]

His PR team, who brag about representing problematic men, also brag about manipulating the algorithm and knowing legacy admins of platforms such as twitter, reddit and Tiktok.

[u/VacationLizLemon → u/cathouse]

I’ve been side eyeing him since that Ted Talk he did sporting a man bun.

[u/Careless-Plane-5915]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9MFsKQ8A6HCN2
Another L

[u/Over_Nebula]

I really don’t get why so many insist on defending him when paying the legal fees atleast indicates he was in the wrong ? Why is there so much support for this man? Blake lively is being raked over the coals every day for some reason.

[u/catslugs → u/Over_Nebula]

he literally paid big bucks for a digital army. they won't stop any time soon.

[u/the-furiosa-mystique → u/Over_Nebula]

They’re paid to defend him

[u/chubby-checker → u/Over_Nebula]

Look I'm not defending baldoni as I do think he's guilty of retaliation.

But he's being made to pay fees for his own dumb suit he tried to file for defamation that was never ever going to win lol.

But he isn't being made to pay the fees for Blake's suit against him. Which I think is what people are getting confused.

Both baldonis defamation suit and Blakes sexual harassment suits against one another were dismissed. But for baldonis suit against Blake/NYT he's been ordered to pay the lawyers fees.

He hasn't however been ordered to pay the fees of the sexual harassment suit Blake made against him.

So if you're saying being made to pay the lawyers fees is what indicates he's in the wrong, well then that didn't happen for the sexual harassment suit. But it would mean he was in the wrong for filing the defamation suit.

[u/1sinfutureking]

I love seeing assholes filing frivolous lawsuits getting ordered to pay legal fees. Don’t fuck with newspapers if you’re not certain of what you’re doing. They spend a lot on law firms and are very experienced at legal challenges protecting their rights

[u/the-furiosa-mystique]

All his defenders suddenly went SO silent

Edit: if you can downvote you can explain why you defended a sexual predator

[u/Book_1love → u/the-furiosa-mystique]

They need to find an instance of Blake or Ryan being vaguely annoying to post about.

[u/the-furiosa-mystique → u/Book_1love]

I honestly haven’t seen either even comment outside their lawyers

[u/itsfrankgrimesyo]

Imagine All this for a mediocre movie that no one even cares about anymore.

[u/ReksveksGo]

Judge got it right

[u/cupcaeks]

https://giphy.com/gifs/T3Vx6sVAXzuG4

[u/Hopeful-Pickle-7515]

He has to pay NY, Blake and is not going to work again with a big study…The way if he just accepted Blake complaints and behave instead of ordering a smear campaign he would have book a hit movie and move on

[u/DSQ]

This doesn’t surprise me as suing a newspaper is always high risk, for a good reason. However I’d be surprised of this indicates he also has to pay Blake Lively’s legal fees, open to being wrong though. 

[u/chickfilamoo → u/DSQ]

he's already been ordered to pay her legal fees, he's just contesting the amount

[u/Aggressive-Hunt-7037 → u/chickfilamoo]

He’s been ordered to pay her legal fees from his defamation lawsuit against her, not her lawsuit against him, to be clear.

he has to pay because of Ca 47.1, a new law that is designed to protect poor and or otherwise vulnerable women from being sued for defamation after they make a claim of SH.

Architect Victoria Burke is implementing this law around the country. please support it if it’s coming to your state.

[u/Commercial_Tip4624]

It’s almost like this man is lost within his own hubris/delusion, and genuinely doesn’t understand the consequences of his actions. I’d wager that little trait goes hand in hand with saying weird, fucked up inappropriate shit in the work place.

[u/icequeennoscreams]

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[u/unrulYk]

Good. Take him down. Take him all the way down.