{"id":132603,"date":"2025-09-12T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/132603\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:34:08","slug":"taylor-swift-closer-to-being-forced-to-appear-in-blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/132603\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift ‘closer to being forced to appear’ in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blake Lively’s former pal, Taylor Swift, was dragged into her arduous legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star, Justin Baldoni, and now it’s been claimed she may give evidence<\/p>\n

15:45, 12 Sep 2025Updated 15:45, 12 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

\"TaylorTaylor Swift to ‘give evidence in legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni'(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift<\/a> is reportedly edging closer to being forced to give evidence in former pal Blake Lively’s <\/a>court case with Justin Baldoni. In December last year, Blake filed a lawsuit against<\/a> Justin, alleging she suffered \u201csevere emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment, belittlement, frustration and mental anguish\u201d as a result of his conduct during production.<\/p>\n

He denied the claims and filed a countersuit against Blake, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist Leslie Sloane. His filing alleged extortion and defamation. He also filed a separate defamation action against The New York Times.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the tension between Blake and Taylor blew up after the singer’s name got dragged into Blake’s arduous 2024 legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star, Justin.<\/p>\n

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Justin’s lawyers claimed Blake tried to ‘coerce’ Taylor into making a public statement about the actor, whom Blake accused of sexual harassment, and deleted texts allegedly sent between them discussing him.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, a judge ruled Justin could have the texts between Taylor and Blake that have to do with It Ends With Us.<\/p>\n

And now, newly filed court documents seen by MailOnline<\/a> showed that Taylor has been asked to take part in a deposition (in the week beginning October 20) after the release of her album in October.<\/p>\n

She’s set to be deposed if Justin’s legal team can persuade to a judge to a deadline extension. Justin’s legal team claimed Taylor was asked to a deposition being scheduled for next month.<\/p>\n

“Ms. Lively misleadingly implies the Wayfarer Parties seek a blanket thirty-day extension of the discovery cut-off date,” his lawyer Ellyn S. Garofalo wrote to judge Lewis J. Liman, according to MailOnline.<\/p>\n

“In fact, the Wayfarer Parties requested an agreement solely to take the deposition of Taylor Swift during the week of October 20-25 due to Ms. Swift’s preexisting professional obligations.”<\/p>\n

In July, Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed Baldoni\u2019s $400 million countersuit and the defamation claim against the newspaper The New York Times.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it has been reported that Taylor and Blake aren’t on speaking terms. Fans noticed that Blake snubbed Taylor’s engagement news and questioned whether a song in her new album is about the Gossip Girl actress.<\/p>\n

On August 13, Taylor announced her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl, which will include a track titled Ruin the Friendship \u2014 a song rumoured to be about her relationship with Blake. A source close to the situation tells People<\/a>: “Taylor and Blake aren’t speaking.”<\/p>\n

The Mirror have reached out to Taylor’s reps for comment.<\/p>\n

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