At this point, the trial remains scheduled for May 18, and could be star-studded. A document from Lively\u2019s legal team says people likely to have information about the case, besides Swift, include model Gigi Hadid, actors Emily Blunt<\/a>, Alexis Bledel<\/a>, America Ferrera<\/a> and Hugh Jackman<\/a>, influencer Candace Owens<\/a>, media personality Perez Hilton<\/a> and designer Ashley Avignone.<\/p>\n Swift appears to criticize Baldoni in texts<\/p>\n Many of the text messages and emails unsealed Tuesday night were included in filings by Baldoni’s lawyers, who argued that they show Lively was strategically manipulating Baldoni\u2019s public image by leveraging connections with her powerful and famous friends.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Taylor Swift, center, watches the teams before the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs with Ice Spice, left, and Blake Lively, right, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/Ashley Landis, File (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)<\/p>\n Swift’s messages show that before and after their feud became public, she was advising Lively how to use Hollywood<\/a>‘s power dynamics to her advantage.<\/p>\n In April 2024, Lively sent Swift a message containing a link to the \u201cIt Ends With Us<\/a>\u201d trailer \u2014 which would be released publicly weeks later, featuring Swift\u2019s song \u201cMy Tears Ricochet.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWow I love how they use the song,\u201d Swift replied. \u201cWelcome to hollywood Justin.\u201d<\/p>\n The women then speculated about how the public would interpret the song\u2019s inclusion in the film.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Justin was strategic\/He would be like no Taylor Swift<\/a> in the trailer\/Because that gives you more power over the film, that\u2019s your ally not his,\u201d Swift wrote.<\/p>\n Lively responded: \u201cYou are so right. And so wickedly smart to call it. He should\u2019ve run from your music. I never thought about that. But holy s(asterisk)(asterisk)t. How stupid. This was his only shot at having the appearance of an upper hand.\u201d<\/p>\n After the hearing, Lively’s attorney Sigrid McCawley told reporters that the text exchange isn’t relevant, and that Lively has done \u201ceverything she can to protect her friends from not being brought into that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s relevant is her claims that she was sexually harassed in the workplace and the witnesses that were there to see that,\u201d McCawley said.<\/p>\n Attorneys for Baldoni, Lively and Swift did not respond Thursday to emailed requests for comment.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n This image released by Sony Pictures shows Justin Baldoni, left, and Blake Lively in a scene from \u2018It Ends With Us\u2019 (\u00a9 2024 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. **ALL IMAGES ARE PROPERTY OF SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC. FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY. S)<\/p>\n In another text exchange, Dec. 4, 2024, Lively checked in with Swift, writing that she felt \u201clike a bad friend lately because I was such a sad sack\u201d who only talked about her own problems \u201cfor months.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou were generous to not only be the key person there for me during all of it, but also to let me off the hook for being so in it,\u201d Lively wrote. \u201cBut still have a feeling something may not be right.\u201d<\/p>\n Swift replied that she did perceive a shift in Lively’s language.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been through things like this before and I know how all consuming it is,\u201d Swift wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s more like… and I feel really bad saying anything about this because your texts have been so nice in their intent but your last few… it\u2019s felt like I was reading a mass corporate email sent to 200 employees. You said the word \u2018we\u2019 like 18 times.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI just kinda miss my dark, normal-speaking friend who talks to me as herself, not like. A plural unit,\u201d Swift wrote.<\/p>\n The following day, Swift sent Lively a link to a People magazine story with the headline \u201cJustin Baldoni<\/a> Reveals He Was Sexually Traumatized by an Ex-Girlfriend When He Was \u2018Hoping to Save Myself for Marriage<\/a>.\u2019\u201d Swift wrote: \u201cI think this b(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) knows something is coming because he\u2019s gotten out his tiny violin.\u201d<\/p>\n Weeks later, Swift told Lively, \u201cYou won\u201d and \u201cYou did it,\u201d while sharing an article saying Baldoni had been dropped by his talent agency.<\/p>\n \u201cNever has a cancellation been reversed so fast,\u201d Swift wrote, after telling Lively that she \u201chelped so many people who won\u2019t have to go through this ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI love you so much,\u201d Lively responded. \u201cI would not be ok through any of this if it weren\u2019t for you.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Blake Lively was reportedly called ‘a terrorist’ amid drama while filming ‘It Ends With Us,’ according to testimony that came to light during the deposition for her lawsuit against co-star Justin Baldoni (Getty)<\/p>\n In court Thursday, Baldoni attorney Jonathan Bach accused Lively of filling her lawsuit with \u201ctrivial and petty grievances\u201d that fall short of legal standards for a hostile workplace claim.<\/p>\n \u201cA whole bunch of little things can add up to a big thing,\u201d the judge responded. <\/p>\n Lively\u2019s lawyer, Esra Hudson<\/a>, countered with her allegations of repeated unwanted physical touching or humiliating incidents on the set, including an unscripted moment when she said Baldoni leaned in and kissed Lively, putting his face on her face.<\/p>\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Blake_Lively_Taylor_Swift_Texts_95648.jpg\")
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