Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over 'It Ends With Us' production dispute
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settled their legal dispute on Monday, two weeks before a scheduled trial. Lively had accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign; Baldoni denied the allegations and claimed Lively fabricated complaints to seize creative control. Both sides had some legal claims dismissed or narrowed before the settlement.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 17% of divergence this week. 8 outlets covered it, splitting into 8 framing camps across 3 bias groups.
8 camps
3 bias groups
The spectrum · how 8 outlets placed this story
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Breitbart
Daily Wire
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ABC News
CNN
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NY Post
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Daily Wire
Hollywood's Biggest Legal Feud Collapses After 'Millions' Wasted On Lawyers
financial cost and legal futility angle · negative
CNN
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's Wayfarer reach settlement, two weeks ahead of trial start
trial-proximity emphasis · neutral
First to report
- Reutersfirst
- CNN+7.0 h
- PBS NewsHour+7.1 h
- ABC News+7.4 h
- Breitbart+22.4 h
- NY Post+25.9 h
- Daily Wire+46.8 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
Most outlets present the settlement as a mutual off-ramp with no winners; Daily Wire focuses on millions wasted on lawyers and a case not worth trying; NY Post teases a shocking settlement amount that others do not report.
How each outlet covered it
Broad agreement on what happened
Outlets across the spectrum land in roughly the same place: the shared language is highlighted.
THE LEFT
“Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's Wayfarer reach settlement, two weeks ahead of trial start”CNN CNN LEFT
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THE RIGHT
“Hollywood's Biggest Legal Feud Collapses After 'Millions' Wasted On Lawyers”DW Daily Wire RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE
“Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have ended their 'It Ends With Us' dispute in a settlement” · AP News, PBS NewsHour, Reuters
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APAP News Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have ended their 'It Ends With Us' dispute in a settlement PBSPBS NewsHour Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over 'It Ends With Us' dispute 130d ago RReuters Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over 'It Ends With Us' 130d ago RIGHT3
BBreitbart Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Have Ended Their Vicious Legal Battle with a Settlement 129d ago DWDaily Wire Hollywood's Biggest Legal Feud Collapses After 'Millions' Wasted On Lawyers 128d ago NYPNY Post Blake Lively got shocking amount in Justin Baldoni lawsuit settlement 129d ago 6 tracked claims across 8 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Combined legal expenses for both sides were in the multiple millions of dollars
Source ·Claimed by attorney Richard Schoenstein and Megan Thomas, quoted in Daily Wire via People magazine
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