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\n\t\tTaylor Swift may be dragged into Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively\u2019s legal drama (Picture: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tTaylor Swift may be dragged into Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively\u2019s legal drama (Picture: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Justin Baldoni<\/a>\u2019s lawyers have claimed Taylor Swift<\/a> is set to testify in Blake Lively<\/a>\u2019s ongoing lawsuit against the It Ends With Us director \u2013 something Lively\u2019s side has now called into question. <\/p>\n The revelation came in a filing from Baldoni\u2019s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, who told U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman that the singer \u2018has agreed to appear for deposition\u2019 but couldn\u2019t do so before October 20 because of \u2018long-standing professional obligations,\u2019 as People reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n But now Deadline<\/a> has reported that a filing by Lively\u2019s lawyers today claimed that the singer has not \u2018agreed\u2019 to the sit-down next month and Baldoni\u2019s side has presented no \u2018evidence\u2019 to justify it.<\/p>\n Lively\u2019s lawyer claimed its another move by Baldoni\u2019s team \u2018to fuel their relentless media strategy.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Even if one were to take the Wayfarer Defendants\u2019 representation at face value, they have not come close to establishing good cause for their requested relief,\u2019 Lively\u2019s lawyer wrote. <\/p>\n Swift\u2019s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, is due out October 3, which coincides with her tour schedule \u2013 one reason her testimony would fall outside the court\u2019s original September 30 deadline for depositions. <\/p>\n \t\t To make that possible, Baldoni\u2019s legal team is asking for a brief extension to accommodate her.<\/p>\n The case, Blake Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, et al., stems from a lawsuit Lively filed last December<\/a> accusing Baldoni \u2013 her co-star and director \u2013 as well as his company and representatives, of sexual harassment<\/a> and retaliation. <\/p>\n After denying the damning allegations, Baldoni\u2019s camp filed\u00a0a multi-million-dollar lawsuit<\/a>, suing both\u00a0Lively\u00a0and\u00a0her husband, Deadpool icon Ryan Reynolds<\/a>, as well as publicist Leslie Sloane and her PR firm, Vision PR Inc.<\/p>\n Refuting that he caused\u00a0Lively\u00a0\u2018severe emotional distress,\u2019 Baldoni began seeking damages of $400million (\u00a3323m) in his countersuit following her attempt to \u2018destroy\u2019 his reputation and career\u2019.<\/p>\n Lively\u00a0and Reynolds\u2019 lawyers then filed a notice saying they wished to seek to dismiss Baldoni\u2019s suit, with their legal team labelling the lawsuit \u2018baseless\u2019.<\/p>\n All defendants deny the allegations and a trial date has been set for March 2026.<\/p>\n \t\t Swift\u2019s involvement is tangential but highly publicised. <\/p>\n Justin\u2019s lawyer (Bryan Freedman) alleged in a now-dismissed countersuit that Blake\u2019s lawyer threatened to leak private messages between the actress and Taylor if the singer did not release a statement supporting her.<\/p>\n In his complaint, Baldoni also claimed that Taylor and Lively\u2019s husband Ryan Reynolds, 48,\u00a0pressured him into accepting one of Lively\u2019s rewrites<\/a>\u00a0for the film after he was summoned to Lively and Reynolds\u2019s New York City apartment.<\/p>\n Mike Gottlieb, Blake\u2019s lawyer, denied the claim, and Lewis J Liman, the judge in the case, granted his motion to strike the letter from the docket in May.<\/p>\n Court filings even included text messages in which Baldoni told Lively her revisions improved a scene, while she quipped back that Reynolds and Swift were her \u2018dragons,\u2019 likening herself to Khaleesi from Game of Thrones.<\/p>\n To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web Although Baldoni\u2019s team subpoenaed Swift in May, her representatives slammed the move<\/a>, emphasising that she had no role in casting, production, or editing, and didn\u2019t even watch the movie until its release. <\/p>\n The subpoena was dropped, but a source close to Taylor has claimed that her friendship with Blake has \u2018halted\u2019, adding that the singer \u2018wants no part in this drama,\u2019\u00a0People<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n Speculation has swirled among fans that a track from Swift\u2019s upcoming album, Ruin the Friendship, could reference the rift, though Swift herself has said the record was finished during her European tour, before the legal drama escalated.<\/p>\n For now, whether Swift\u2019s testimony happens depends on whether Judge Liman allows the schedule to shift. <\/p>\n Got a story?<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n![\"NEW](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SEI_265760699-7d36.jpg\")
\n\t\tThere have been reports that the legal battle has damaged Lively and Taylor\u2019s friendship (Picture: Robert Kamau\/GC Images)<\/p>\n![\"JERSEY](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SEI_265760678-60bb.jpg\")
\n\t\tLively has accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation (Picture: Jose Perez\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images)<\/p>\n
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