The bad blood might continue. <\/p>\n
Taylor Swift has allegedly agreed to be deposed in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni\u2019s legal battle, according to court docs obtained by Page Six<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n The \u201cA Simple Favor\u201d star, 38, first\u00a0sued Baldoni in December 2024<\/a>, claiming he sexually harassed her while filming \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d Lively also accused him of spearheading a smear campaign against her.<\/p>\n Taylor Swift hugs a pregnant Blake Lively. Instagram\/blakelively<\/p>\n Baldoni, 41, meanwhile, denied the allegations and countersued Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds<\/a>, their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane\u2019s p.r. firm Vision PR Inc. for $400 million in January.<\/p>\n The \u201cJane the Virgin\u201d alum accused his \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d co-star of defamation and extortion.<\/p>\n Baldoni then accused Lively of calling Reynolds, 48, and Swift, 35, her \u201cdragons\u201d and referring to herself as Khaleesi from \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d in an alleged text conversation.<\/p>\n Blake Lively and Taylor Swift. GC Images<\/p>\n Now, in a turn of events, Swift will allegedly be deposed next month.<\/p>\n \u201cWayfarer Parties requested an agreement solely to take the deposition of Taylor Swift during the week of October 20-25 due to Ms. Swift\u2019s preexisting professional obligations,\u201d Baldoni\u2019s filing stated, noting Swift \u201cagreed to appear\u201d but is \u201cunable to do so before October 20.\u201d<\/p>\n Swift\u2019s new album,\u00a0\u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d comes out<\/a>\u00a0on Oct. 3.<\/p>\n Taylor Swift, Blake Lively, Sophie Turner and Robyn Lively out to dinner. MEGA<\/p>\n Lively\u2019s legal team, however, is pushing back on the deposition request in another filing obtained by Page Six on Friday.<\/p>\n Her lawyers claim that Baldoni\u2019s attorneys had plenty of time to schedule her deposition before the discovery deadline and question whether the superstar even agreed to their request.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this latest effort, the Wayfarer Defendants assert\u2014though, notably, without evidence\u2014that Ms. Swift has supposedly \u2018agreed\u2019 to sit for a deposition sometime between October 20-25 (some three weeks after the close of fact discovery in this matter),\u201d the court docs read.<\/p>\n Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively are seen on the set of \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d on January 12, 2024. GC Images<\/p>\n \u201cYet, even 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.\u201d<\/p>\n The Post reached out to reps for Swift, Baldoni and Lively.<\/p>\n Swift was dragged into the legal battle when Baldoni claimed in his lawsuit that the singer was present for his pivotal meeting with Lively at the NYC penthouse she shares with Reynolds about allegedly rewriting the\u00a0infamous rooftop scene<\/a> from the film.<\/p>\n Baldoni\u2019s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, then issued a letter to Judge Lewis J. Liman, claiming he was told by an anonymous source that Lively\u2019s attorney, Michael Gottlieb, allegedly threatened to\u00a0release Swift\u2019s text messages<\/a>\u00a0if she didn\u2019t publicly support the actress.<\/p>\n Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni on set. Christopher Peterson \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n Gottlieb denied the allegations \u2014\u00a0and the judge granted\u00a0Lively\u2019s motion to strike the letter<\/a>, calling Freedman\u2019s\u00a0filing \u201cimproper\u201d and \u201cirrelevant\u201d\u00a0in the order obtained by The Post.<\/p>\n The \u201cGossip Girl\u201d vet has denied all the allegations against her.<\/p>\n In May, Swift was\u00a0subpoenaed as a witness<\/a>. The \u201cBad Blood\u201d singer is godmother to Lively\u2019s daughters with Reynolds. <\/p>\n \u201cTheir friendship has halted<\/a>,\u201d an insider\u00a0told People\u00a0at the time. \u201cTaylor wants no part in this drama.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Baldoni\u2019s legal team\u00a0dropped the subpoena<\/a> that same month\u00a0after a representative for Swift denied she had any involvement.<\/p>\n Blake Lively Justin Baldoni in the 2024 film \u201cIt Ends with Us.\u201d \u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \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 \u2018It Ends With Us\u2019 until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history,\u201d the rep told The Post in response to the original subpoena.<\/p>\n A month later, reports surfaced that the Grammy winner was allegedly \u201cdone\u201d with Lively. <\/p>\n Swift was reportedly \u201cignoring\u201d all calls, texts and emails from her former bestie.<\/p>\n \u201cEven though Taylor has totally cut ties with her, Blake hasn\u2019t with Taylor,\u201d a source\u00a0told Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0at the time.<\/p>\n Cover art for Taylor Swift\u2019s upcoming album. taylorswift Instagram<\/p>\n Lively\u2019s attempts to contact Swift have reportedly gone unanswered.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s been reaching out to her with texts, voicemails and even emails begging to mend what they once had. Blake isn\u2019t giving up on trying to get her friendship with Taylor back on track,\u201d the insider added. \u201cTaylor hasn\u2019t responded to any of Blake\u2019s pleas. She\u2019s ignored all her groveling excuses. The missives explain there must be some misunderstanding on Taylor\u2019s part and that she would never do anything to harm their ten years of closeness and personal secrets.\u201d<\/p>\n