{"id":742978,"date":"2026-06-17T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/742978\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:19:17","slug":"blake-lively-to-judge-i-need-extra-time-in-baldoni-case-due-to-busy-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/742978\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively to Judge: I Need Extra Time in Baldoni Case Due to Busy Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260616_d70100975bca43efb4c811040557a888\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ebd51757-7d8e-47ec-aeab-8ef1266a7ed7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d70100975bca43efb4c811040557a888_md.jpg\" alt=\"blake lively getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/blake-lively\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Lively<\/a> asked the judge in her lawsuit against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/justin-baldoni\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Baldoni<\/a> for a little extra time to explain how much she will be seeking in attorneys\u2019 fees in the case &#8230; in part due to her busy schedule &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; alum\u2019s legal team wrote a letter to the federal judge in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/04\/justin-baldoni-settles-legal-war-with-blake-lively\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since-settled legal battle<\/a>. Blake recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/12\/blake-lively-doesnt-get-damages-from-justin-baldoni\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost<\/a> her attempt to get punitive damages but was awarded legal fees.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260402_5a73a92c56254f5bb6bc5602b945d7dc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ebd51757-7d8e-47ec-aeab-8ef1266a7ed7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5a73a92c56254f5bb6bc5602b945d7dc_md.jpg\" alt=\"justin baldoni blake lively getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A deadline was set for June 22 to submit her papers, but Blake said she would like some extra time &#8230; at least 7 days but up to another 30 days, which would push things out to mid-July.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She said if the judge plans to hear her arguments on how much she should be awarded in legal fees &#8230; her lawyers need time to pull together all the relevant arguments and billing records.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240814_06c68b26ae9a4991b7f363e7cbdf833e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ebd51757-7d8e-47ec-aeab-8ef1266a7ed7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/06c68b26ae9a4991b7f363e7cbdf833e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Blake &amp; Justin in \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" sub=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>On top of that, Blake said she and her legal team have a \u201cnumber of conflicting personal and professional obligations, including international travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A judge has yet to rule on Blake\u2019s request for an extension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blake Lively asked the judge in her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni for a little extra time to explain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-742978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}