{"id":579601,"date":"2026-04-12T10:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579601\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T10:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:43:15","slug":"taylor-swift-gets-dragged-back-into-blake-lively-and-justin-baldonis-legal-battle-as-trial-nears-start-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579601\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift gets dragged back into Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle as trial nears start date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor Swift has been dragged into Blake Lively<\/a> and Justin Baldoni\u2019s legal feud once again. <\/p>\n

The pop star\u2019s name appeared on a list of questions \u2014 which Lively and Baldoni\u2019s legal teams worked \u201ccollaboratively\u201d to produce on Friday \u2014 to be used to select jury members for their \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d trial in May. <\/p>\n

One of the many questions asks: \u201cDo you know any of the following people that you may hear from or about over the course of the trial?\u201d according to court documents viewed by Page Six. <\/p>\n

Blake Lively\u2019s pal Taylor Swift has been dragged back into her \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d legal feud against Justin Baldoni. (Pictured above is Lively and Baldoni on the set of \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d). GC Images<\/p>\n

Court documents viewed by Page Six revealed that attorneys plan to ask potential jurors for the upcoming trial if they know the pop star, seen here with a pregnant Lively. Instagram\/blakelively<\/p>\n

Swift\u2019s name popped up after a long catalog of other high-profile names who could potentially testify or be mentioned at trial. <\/p>\n

The lawyers also added notes to ask if any potential jurors have knowledge of celebs like Baldoni, or Lively\u2019s husband Ryan Reynolds, her sister Robyn Lively, or several members of her \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d cast including Hasan Minhaj, Jenny Slate, and author Colleen Hoover. <\/p>\n

In a separate update in the case, Baldoni\u2019s team submitted another filing on Friday petitioning the court for an extension to review the \u201cvoluminous overbreadth of Lively\u2019s witness and exhibit lists\u201d that her legal team filed in a joint pretrial order this week. <\/p>\n

Swift (seen above hanging with Lively and Ice Spice at the 2024 Super Bowl) is only one of several high-profile names attorneys plan to ask jurors about. Getty Images<\/p>\n

In addition to the pop star, Lively\u2019s husband Ryan Reynolds (pictured second from the left in the above photo) was also mentioned in the court documents. Hugh Jackman\/Instagram<\/p>\n

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\u201cLively\u2019s lists are currently impractical for both pretrial and trial purposes, obscure the witnesses and exhibits the Wayfarer Parties will actually have to confront, and create reams of unnecessary work at a time when the parties should be focusing their efforts for trial,\u201d the filing reads. <\/p>\n

Baldoni\u2019s attorneys claim the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d star, 38, has submitted an abundance of evidence items that have \u201climited relevance or practical value\u201d and \u201csuggests little discrimination in terms of what might actually be admissible at trial.\u201d<\/p>\n

For example, the team alleged that Lively included a link to an article about a Taylor Swift cookie recipe as well as \u201ca speech Lively made about her husband Ryan Reynolds\u2019 commitment to his family\u201d and various pictures of Lively with Taylor Swift. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is exceptionally unlikely Lively would show such materials, or that the jury would gain any insight from them,\u201d reads the doc. <\/p>\n

Baldoni\u2019s legal team also submitted docs requesting an extension to review the 68 evidence items Lively (pictured above on the set of \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d with Baldoni) filed with the court on Friday. GC Images<\/p>\n

The director\u2019s team claimed Lively submitted exhibits that have \u201climited relevance or practical value\u201d pertaining to their case. GC Images<\/p>\n

The lawyers are requesting an extra week to review the 68 exhibits Lively and her legal team have submitted to the court. <\/p>\n

Reps for Lively, Baldoni, and Swift did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n

TMZ was the first to report this news. <\/p>\n

As we previously reported, Baldoni scored a major legal win in the case earlier this month after 13 of Lively\u2019s allegations against the Wayfarer Studios co-founder\u00a0were dismissed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two stars expected to face off in court over the three remaining claims against Baldoni \u2014 breach of contract, retaliation and aiding and abetting in retaliation \u2014 next month after both sides rejected settlement talks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The updates come after Baldoni received a major win in court when 13 of Lively\u2019s claims against him were dismissed earlier this month. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

The two stars are going to trial on May 18 over the three remaining claims against Baldoni: breach of contract, retaliation and aiding and abetting in retaliation. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased the Court dismissed all sexual harassment claims and every claim brought against the individual defendants,\u201d Baldoni\u2019s team said of the ruling in a statement to Page Six at the time. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese were very serious allegations, and we are grateful to the Court for its careful review of the facts, law and voluminous evidence that was provided.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lively\u00a0also addressed the court\u2019s decision<\/a> with a statement shared via Instagram, saying: \u201cThe last thing I wanted in my life was a lawsuit, but I brought this case because of the pervasive RETALIATION I faced, and continued to, for privately and professionally asking for a safe working environment for myself and others.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift has been dragged into Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni\u2019s legal feud once again. The pop star\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[8678,236,4032,8679,91,88,8680,206,111421],"class_list":{"0":"post-579601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-blake-lively","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity-feuds","11":"tag-celebrity-lawsuits","12":"tag-celebrity-news","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-justin-baldoni","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-page-swift"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}