The singer Taylor Swift 35, was summoned to testify in the judicial battle among the actress Blake Lively 37, and the director Justin Baldoni 41.
Swift, a longtime friend of Lively, was first mentioned in connection with the legal dispute in progress between Lively and the director and castmate of “This is how it ends When text messaging exchanges were revealed, including the name “Taylor” as part of a $ 400 million defamation process ($ 2.26 billion) filed by Baldoni against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds.
One of the text messages included in the Baldoni process seems to show a conversation between Baldoni and Lively about the movie’s script: “I really loved what you did. It really helps. It makes everything much more fun and interesting. (And I would feel like this without Ryan and Taylor),” Baldoni answered with an emoji. “You really are a talent in everything you do. Very excited and grateful to do it together.”
A Swift spokesman sent a statement to CNN Last Friday (9): “Taylor Swift never stepped on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any cast or creative decision, she did not make the soundtrack of the movie, she never saw an edition or did any annotation about the movie, she didn’t even see ‘this is how she ends” until her public release, and was traveling around the world for 2023 and 2024. “
“The connection Taylor had with this movie was to allow the use of a song, ‘My Tears Ricochet’. Since his involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 artists also did, this document subpoena is designed to use the name of Taylor Swift to attract public interest, creating sensational clickbait rather than focusing on the facts of the case,” the spokesman added.
The judicial battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni
Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation in a complaint initially filed to California’s civil rights department in December, preceding a process that followed about a week later. She also claimed that Baldoni, along with her public relations representatives, orchestrated a “social manipulation campaign” to harm her media reputation while they promoted “that’s how it ends,” their 2024 film at the center of the dispute.
In an added complaint filed in February, Lively claimed that other women also filed complaints about Baldoni’s behavior on the set.
Baldoni denied the accusations.
Together with Lively, Reynolds is a defendant in the case for defamation of $ 400 million ($ 2.26 billion) that Baldoni moved in January.
Baldoni accused Reynolds of helping Lively “kidnap” his movie and ending his career. He also claimed that Reynolds, who had no formal role in “that’s how it is over,” rewritten a scene and made “unauthorized changes in the secret script.”
Baldoni also accused Reynolds of scolding him at the couple’s house in New York and claimed that Reynolds mocked him on “Deadpool & Wolverine,” mirroring the character Nicepool in Baldoni in an effort to ridicule him.
A Reynolds lawyer filed a request for him to be withdrawn as a defendant of the Baldoni process, claiming that Baldoni’s argument against Reynolds has no legal basis and equals “injured feelings.”
THE CNN He sought representatives of both Lively and Baldoni and awaits return.
The trial is expected to take place in March 2026.
*With information from Alli Rosenbloom, from CNN
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