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Blake livelyan ongoing legal drama with Justin Baldoni took an unexpected turn by pulling in Taylor Swift.
After Costarring in It ends with us Together, Lively sued Baldoni in December 2024 accusing her Costar and Director for sexual harassment and organizing an alleged cervical campaign. In his filing, lively claimed that Baldoni had named Swift when discussing his alleged Takedown plans.
Baldoni mercilessly denied the allegations and counteracted lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. The actor accused Lively and Reynolds of civil extortion, defamation, a fake light invasion of privacy and more.
When Baldoni filed his $ 400 million legal case in January 2025, Swift’s name appeared in court documents. Baldoni claimed that Lively raised Swift, who has been a good friend for years, during an alleged text exchange about making changes to the script with us.
Taylor Swift was said to be a great inspiration on the set of it ending with us. Justin Baldoni directed the 2024 adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s popular novel, with Blake Lively staring as the leading character Lily Bloom opposite himself as Ryle Kincaid. The film chronicled the characters’ aggressive relationships. Months after the film came out in August 2024, lively (…)
Swift and her team did not Public attention on the legal issue until Was subpoenaed in May 2025.
“Taylor Swift never walked on the set of this film, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she never scored the film, she never saw or made any notes on the film,” a representative to the singer said in a statement to Weekly US. “She didn’t even see It ends with us Until weeks after his public release, he was traveling worldwide during 2023 and 2024 leading the largest journey in history. “
Keep scrolling for a full analysis on how quickly they were brought to a lively legal situation and Baldoni:
Using Taylor Swift song in the trailer
When the It ends with us trailer Dropped in May 2024, it included a Swift song “My Tears Ricochet.” After the song was included, lively revealed that she selected the song for the trailer.
“They made a lot of sense,” said in the Hoover’s Bonanza Festival’s book in June 2024.
Blake lively gushes for the support of Taylor Swift
During a panel on August 2024 for the film, Lively spoke about the film’s budget for songs. The moderator subsequently asked lively and persuaded Swift to agree to license the song for the trailer.
“Honestly, she was with me on this experience all the time,” said lively, by social media photos. “She really lived this with me, so she’s a person who shows you. I’m so grateful to have that love and support.”
Taylor Swift and Isabela Ferrer connection
Ferrer, who plays the younger version of Lively’s Lily’s It ends with ustell Extra In the Première August 2024, Swift helped her land the role.
“It was a useful part of the audition, which I later discovered when I got it,” said Ferrer. “And that rocked my world.”
Baldoni echoed similar feelings when he spoke to extra the same month,
“I was casting and I had actually come in and shown her casting tape to Blake and Taylor and they both were like, ‘Yes, Hi!’” Baldoni remembered. “And that’s a true story, but she blown me away.”
Blake lively talks about 1st Taylor Swift
Filing lively in December 2024, he claimed that Baldoni Emergency Management Team Mentioned in Swift In their alleged plan to ruin a lively career. According to exhibits attached to the complaint, an emergency management expert who worked for Baldoni in email wrote, “We have seen the most innocent issues turn huge because of social or the stray crises have no social impact at all. You can’t say at this time.
A separate “Planning Scenario” document from the Baldoni side also reads, “Our team can also explore the planting of stories about the armor of feminism and how people like Taylor Swift, have been accused of using these tactics to ‘bully’ to get what they want.”
Justin Baldoni seems to refer to Taylor Swift in texts
Filed in January, Baldoni appears to refer in Swift In a texted text for the changes she wanted to make to the now famous roof scene It ends with us.
“Working on a roof scene today, I really love what you did. It really makes Hep (sic) a lot. Makes it so much more fun and interesting. (And I would have felt so without Ryan and Taylor),” read Baldoni texts read alongside a wincing face emoji. “You really are a general talent. Very exciting ND (sic) is grateful to do this together.”
He also claimed that lively had referred to Swift as one of his “Dragons” when comparing himself with Khaleesi of Game of Thrones in other messages.
Later in the filing, Baldoni referred to “Megacelebrity,” anonymous, believed to be quick, when it is alleged that lively was upset that he was not going to make his changes to the scene. He read Lively’s alleged message, “Of course, don’t feel great for me. Or (another Megacelebrity friend and Ryan Reynolds). For the praise of my passion instead of my specific contribution.”
In addition to text messages with lively, Swift’s name also came in a discussion that Baldoni had with Sony’s executives for using the pop star song in the trailer. An executive claimed that lively personal named Swift was Swift to “approve” the use of her song.
“Blake calls Taylor to approve the song. Of course, she reached out saying she asks for time with… her editor,” Read a message from a contact called Sony Executive No. 1.
Taylor Swift is subpoenaed
Months after the legal back and forth the beginning, Swift was subdued. The Swift representative denied that the singer had any part in the film.
“Taylor Swift never walked on the set of this film, it was not about any casting or creative decisions, she never scored the film, she never saw or made any notes on the film,” the representative said in a statement to Us. “She didn’t even see It ends with us Until weeks after his public release, he was traveling worldwide during 2023 and 2024 leading the largest journey in history. “
The spokesman added, “The connection Taylor had with this film that allowed the use of one song, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ Given that her participation is a song licensing for the film, which also made 19 other artists, this document Subpoena is designed to use the Taylor Swift name to extract public interest by creating a Clickbait tabloid instead of focusing on the facts of the case.
Swift’s legal team is fighting to dismiss the subpoena.
Source Taylor Swift Alleged Solicitor Justin Baldoni
After the news of the Subpoena broke, Baldoni lawyer Bryan Freedman claimed in a letter to the judge that he had been in contact with an ally of fast. Freedman claimed that the source in a one -hour valentine day call, told him that Lively lawyers had made “excessive threats” to the law firm who represented Swift and insisted she “released a statement of support” for a vibrant.
Vibrant deny the allegations and asked the judge to throw out Freedman’s letter. The judge ruled in favor of actress Gossip Girl and the letter was hit from the record.
