The hopes that Taylor Swift could escape the legal battle between Blake Lively And Justin Baldoni They broke on Wednesday, when the judge of the United States district court Lewis Liman He established that the chats between the billionaire artist and the longtime friend Lively must be made available to Baldoni’s legal team.
By now we know all the details of the story: after months of conjecture on the fact that on the set of It ends with usdirected by Baldoni, everything did not go well, Lively presented denunciation by accusing Baldoni and manufacturers of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior, also arguing that the production would have implemented a strategy of public relations aimed at undermining the credibility of Lively if he had spoken openly.
In response, Baldoni has filed a case for defamation of 400 million dollars against Lively (but not only), in which the lawyer Bryan Freedman He called to appear Swift, claiming that the artist could know what really happened during the production of the cinematographic adaptation of the bestsellers of Colleen Hoover who talks about violent and despotic men.
The swift spokesman has hardly criticized the legal move, stating that “Taylor Swift has never set foot on the set of this film, was not involved in any casting or creative decision, did not make the soundtrack of the film, has never seen a assembly or made any note on the film, did not even see It ends with us If not several weeks after his release in the room, and during 2023 and 2024 he was traveling to the world as headliner of the greatest tour in history ».
The appearance mandate was withdrawn a few days after being issued, while the cause for defamation was stored at the beginning of the month. Perhaps Swift hoped to have left this legal battle behind … instead, like Michael Corleone, he was pulled there again (or, more precisely, it was his phone). In a sentence issued on Wednesday, in fact, Liman denied the protective injunction requested by Lively legal team who would have prevented Baldoni’s lawyers from having access to the private chats between her and Swift.
«Lively itself has indicated a person who could be aware of complaints or discussions concerning the work environment on the set of It ends with us»Liman wrote in his decision.
“Considering that Lively said that Swift was aware of complaints or discussions regarding the work environment on the set of the film, among other things, the requests to have access to the messages she exchanged with Swift regarding the film and this legal action are reasonably aimed at obtaining information that can try or deny the accusations of harassment and retaliation advanced by Lively”.
Before you get excited about the idea of ​​taking a look at the emojis chosen by Taylor and Blake and the blunders of the automatic corrector, put your heart in peace: Liman, in fact, clarified that a protective injunction prevents the Baldoni team from sharing these communications with the press. In addition, only the relevant or “indirectly related to the current legal action” messages will have to be shared with the lawyers of Baldoni, and not “all communications” between the two stars.
A spokesman for Lively criticized the decision, affirming in a statement that “Baldoni’s desire to drag Taylor Swift in this affair has been constant since August 2024, when the public relations agency specialized in the management of image crises led by Melissa Nathan included it in their document of” planning of the scenarios “(…), he defined it as a domineering and proposed it Strategy to influence the “TS fanbase” ».
“We will continue to denounce Baldoni’s incessant efforts to exploit the popularity of MS Swift, which from the first day have been nothing but the attempt to divert attention from the serious accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation that he and the subjects linked to the Wayfarer Studios are facing”.
Source: Vanity Fair
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