The singer Taylor Swift has been officially cited as a witness in the ongoing litigation between the actress Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni, according to TMZ reports. The dispute, which has captured media attention for its high profile, intensified after Justin Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman, quoted the pop star last Friday to testify in a trial scheduled for March 2026.
However, a swift spokesman He harshly criticized the citation, describing it as an attempt to manipulate public attention.
“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, did not participate in creative decisions or saw the film before its premiere,” he said in a statement. The only swift connection with the movie ‘It Ends With Us’ It was the license to use his song “My Tears Ricochet”in an agreement that also included 19 artists.
From the singer’s environment, citation is perceived as a sensationalist advertising strategy. “This citation is designed to use the name of Taylor Swift and attract interest to the public, Instead of focusing on the facts of the case, ”the spokesman continued.
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The legal dispute between Lively and Baldoni
The legal dispute began when Blake Lively sued Baldoni in December 2024 for emotional anguish and loss of salary, accusing it in addition to orchestrating a plan along with your public relations team To damage your reputation.
In response, Baldoni presented in January a contrademanda 400 million dollars for defamation against Lively and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds.
-Among Baldoni’s arguments that Lively would have used his close friendship with influential celebrities such as Taylor Swift and, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, to exert pressure and take the creative control of the film.
In the legal documents, it is mentioned that one of the “famous and notoriously close” friends of Lively praised a rewriting of the script, supposedly in a meeting in the attic of the couple in New York, although not directly mentioning Swift. Even so, Baldoni described the singer already Reynolds as the “dragons” of Livelyfigures that exerted a powerful influence in their favor.
According to nearby sources, the situation would have generated friction between Swift and Lively, with the singer feeling “used” by her friend. However, another source revealed that Lively offered an “genuine and sincere” apologyand that Swift would be willing to move forward without resentments.
In addition to Swift, actor Hugh Jackman – also friend of Lively and Reynolds— It could be summoned to declare, according to information obtained by the Daily Mail.
Meanwhile, neither Swift or Baldoni representatives have issued additional comments on the case.
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