Taylor Swift in blake LIVELY & Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Taylor Swift was officially drawn into the top -class legal case between her long -time girlfriend Blake lively And It ends with us director Justin BaldoniAfter Baldoni's lawyers received a summons of Baldoni's services this week.

Why was Taylor Swift in charge?

Swift's name appeared in Baldoni's advance against Lively, which accused him of sexual harassment and “disturbing” behavior on the set. Baldoni, who denies the allegations, claims that Lively has tried to use her friendship with Swift to put him under pressure to accept script changes. In his legal registration, Baldoni describes a meeting at LIVELY and Ryan Reynolds“New York Penthouse, where he says that Swift” praised LIVELY's script “and had the feeling that he was handing over with her descriptions.

He also recorded a suspected text by Lively by called Swift and her “dragon” (a game of Thrones Reference), which indicates that they supported them in the dispute.

What does Taylor Swift's team say?

Swift's team has no bar of it. In an explanation PEOPLE And other outlets, her spokesman made it clear that Taylor's participation in the film was basically not existing, except for one thing: “Taylor Swift never set the set of this film, it was not at casting or creative It ends with us To weeks after his public publication and traveled the biggest tour in history for the globe in 2023 and 2024, ”said the spokesman.

They continued: “The connection that Taylor had to this film allowed the use of a song” My Tears Ricochet “.

You can see the use of your song here in the trailer of the film:

“In view of the fact that their participation was to licensing a song for the film that 19 other artists also did, this document load is designed in such a way that it uses the name of Taylor Swift to arouse the public interest by creating boulevard -clickbait instead of concentrating on the facts of the fall.”

What's next?

The Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al. Will be brought to court in March 2026.

Baldonis lawyer, Bryan FreedmanAt the beginning of this year, “Anyone who sensibly has information that can provide evidence in this case will be discontinued”, according to the advertiser, but Swift's team and even some legal experts have questioned whether their participation is relevant at all.

In the meantime, Swift is reportedly “really injured” by the situation, and sources say that it was not easily drawn.

The legal dispute between Lively and Baldoni continues, but at the moment Swift is interested in staying away from the entire saga.

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