Did Blake Lively Taylor Swift threaten? What the lawyer of Justin Baldoni claims

The lawyer of Justin Baldoni, Byan Freedman, claims that Blake Lively Taylor Swift has published an explanation that supports her in the recent development that the legal dispute between the two “IT ends with us” stars.

According to Swift's spokesman, in which the pop star spoke, Freedman with judge Lewis J. Liman, who heads a letter with judge Lewis J. Liman on March 9, 2026 in New York.

In the letter dated May 14, Freedman wrote that the purpose of the summons is to access the discovery of “manipulation of witnesses and evidence of spoliation”.

He said that the lawyer for Wayfarer parties, which also includes Baldoni. Received “information from a source that is very likely reliable information”, in which it is claimed that Lively Swift has asked to delete her text messages. Freedman claimed that Michael Gottlieb, Lively's lawyer, Swift's lawyer contacted and “demanded that Ms. Swift publish support for Ms. Lively to note that if Ms. Swift refused, private text messages from personal nature would be released in Ms. Lively's possession.”

Freedman continued to describe the alleged claims as “inappropriate and apparently blackmail threats” and said that a representative of Swift had answered her in “at least one written communication” to Gottlieb.

“It is this communication that the Wayfarer parties want to receive as a summons, as they would prove an attempt to push and force a painful witness in this legal dispute,” continued Baldoni's lawyer.

Today's statement received a statement by Gottlieb on Freedman's letter to the judge, in which he described the allegations “categorically false”.

The LIVELY legal team also submitted a letter with judge Liman and asked for strikes from Freedman's letter from the docket.

“It should be unnecessary to react to anonymous, unfounded allegations without the evidence of the recording that each of the accusations in the free -catering letter is clear and demonstrably wrong. The released letter is inappropriate as a legal matter. It is not legal. In every respect,” wrote lively lawyers.

They also said that Freedman's letter about the “washing scandalous and defaming allegations about Ms. Lively and opposing lawyer in the press”.

Today.com has contacted Swift's representative for a comment.

Swift's spokesman previously submitted an explanation of the summons and claimed that the musician, in addition to her song “My Tears Ricochet”, had no connection to the film adaptation on the soundtrack. Her representative said that the witness ceremony was a way to create “Boulevard -Clickbait”.

“Taylor Swift never set the set of this film on foot, she was not involved in casting or creative decisions, she did not evaluate the film, she never saw an editing or made notes to the film, she did not even see 'IT with us' and traveled in the biggest tour in history in 2023 and 2024.

Her representative continued: “The connection that Taylor had to this film allowed the use of a song” My Tears Ricochet “. In view of the fact that her participation was to license a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did, this document for load is designed in such a way that it uses the name of Taylor Swift to arouse the public interest by bouling by boulevard by -Clickbait instead of concentrating on the facts of the case.

Lively and Baldoni's legal case began on December 20, when Lively submitted an 80-page complaint about sexual harassment, in which Baldoni claimed an enemy workplace environment on the set “It ends with us” and he later started a smear campaign to “destroy” her call. She also claimed that he had crossed the border while filming intimate scenes and harassing her on the set.

At that time, Freedman reacted in a statement to the explanation of Today.com and called it “completely wrong, outrageous and deliberately helpful”.

LIVELY then submitted a federal lawsuit against Baldoni, his production company, Wayfarer Studios, producer Jamey Heath, his representative of crisis communication, Melissa Nathan, and the publicist Jennifer Abel on December 31.

After an article about Lively's allegations, Baldoni sued the New York Times for defamation. He also submitted a lawsuit against LIVELY, her husband Ryan Reynolds, Livive Representative Leslie Sloane and Sloanes PR company on January 16 and accused the defamation and disregard for contractual claims.

Swift was connected to the case when Baldoni submitted his lawsuit that had to exchange alleged text messages between him and Lively. In the documents, reference is made to a “Taylor” and described as “Megacelebrity friend”.

Baldoni's team confirmed NBC News at the time that the “Taylor” was in the suit of the pop singers who have been friends with LIVELY for years.

According to the NBC News, an alleged text from LIVELY: “If you ever come to Game of Thrones, you will appreciate that I am Khaleesi and you like that I happen to have a few dragons. For better or worse, but usually better because my dragons also protect those for whom I fight.” We all benefit from these beautiful monsters.