{"id":141885,"date":"2025-05-12T17:29:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/taylor-swift-subpoenaed-in-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-national\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T17:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:29:39","slug":"taylor-swift-subpoenaed-in-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-authorized-battle-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/taylor-swift-subpoenaed-in-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-authorized-battle-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift subpoenaed in Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni authorized battle – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taylor Swift<\/a> may probably be taking the stand within the authorized battle between It Ends With Us<\/a> <\/em>co-stars Blake Lively<\/a> and Justin Baldoni<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Swift, who’s shut buddies with Lively, had been talked about in reference to the continuing authorized case between the co-stars when textual content exchanges have been revealed<\/a> that included her identify in\u00a0Baldoni\u2019s US$400-million defamation countersuit<\/a> in opposition to Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n

On May 9, Baldoni\u2019s lawyer Bryan Freedman issued a subpoena to Swift within the lawsuit involving the 2024 movie It Ends With Us<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Swift mentioned the try to subpoena the pop star as a witness within the case is \u201cdesigned\u201d to make use of Swift\u2019s \u201cname to draw public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swift\u2019s group\u00a0advised NBC News<\/a> she wouldn\u2019t have any data related to the authorized dispute and shouldn’t be concerned within the case.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTaylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see It Ends With Us<\/em> until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history,\u201d her spokesperson mentioned on May 9.<\/p>\n

Swift\u2019s group mentioned her solely involvement within the movie was licensing a tune, which was My Tears Ricochet<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven that her involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did, this document subpoena is designed to use Taylor Swift\u2019s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case,\u201d the spokesperson mentioned.<\/p>\n

Lively\u2019s authorized group launched an announcement after information of Swift\u2019s potential involvement within the case unfold. Her group advised CNN<\/a> that Baldoni and his authorized group \u201ccontinue to turn a case of sexual harassment and retaliation into entertainment for the tabloids.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very serious legal matter, not Barnum & Bailey\u2019s Circus,\u201d the spokesperson mentioned. \u201cThe defendants continue to publicly intimidate, bully, shame and attack women\u2019s rights and reputations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Baldoni sued his co-star<\/a>\u00a0Lively, 37, and Reynolds, 48, for\u00a0defamation in January<\/a>.\u00a0That lawsuit got here the identical day<\/a>\u00a0that Baldoni sued the New York Times for libel, alleging the paper labored with Lively to smear him.<\/p>\n

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In December 2024, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment<\/a> on the set of the film in addition to a subsequent effort to \u201cdestroy\u201d her popularity in a authorized grievance.<\/p>\n

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In the grievance, Lively accused Baldoni and the studio of embarking on a \u201cmulti-tiered plan\u201d to break her popularity following a gathering wherein she and Reynolds addressed \u201crepeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behaviour\u201d by Baldoni and a producer on the film.<\/p>\n

The plan, the grievance mentioned, included a proposal to plant theories on on-line message boards, engineer a social media marketing campaign and place information tales important of Lively.<\/p>\n

Since the authorized battle started, Baldoni\u2019s authorized group has made textual content messages from Lively and Reynolds<\/a>\u00a0public on\u00a0an internet site, titled The Lawsuit Info,<\/a> created to assist defend him.<\/p>\n

On the web site, revealed in early February<\/a>, Baldoni, 41, additionally shared an amended grievance in his case in opposition to Lively, Reynolds, Lively\u2019s PR agency and the New York Times, in addition to a 168-page doc, known as \u201cTimeline of relevant events,\u201d associated to the case and the manufacturing of the movie.<\/p>\n

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