Taylor Swift summons withdrawn from Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively case

Taylor Swift won’t be drawn into the authorized battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni after a court docket summons for the pop star was withdrawn.

Baldoni and Lively co-starred in 2024 movie It Ends With Us, however at the moment are embroiled in a bitter authorized dispute after she sued the actor and director, accusing him of sexual harassment and a smear marketing campaign.

Baldoni’s legal professionals had despatched subpoenas to Swift and her authorized crew in an try to acquire messages between legal professionals representing Lively and the singer, who’re mates, Variety reported.

But the subpoena was dropped after Swift’s authorized crew objected that the authorized order amounted to an “unwarranted fishing expedition”, Variety mentioned.

Lively’s spokesperson mentioned they had been “happy” the subpoena had been withdrawn.

“We supported the efforts of Taylor’s crew to quash these inappropriate subpoenas directed to her counsel and we are going to proceed to face up for any third get together who’s unjustly harassed or threatened within the course of,” they mentioned.

Earlier this month, Swift’s representatives told the BBC she was being introduced right into a authorized row to create “tabloid clickbait”.

It was initially reported that Swift had been subpoenaed to offer data after it was alleged she tried to stress Baldoni to simply accept script rewrites by Lively for the movie.

Baldoni had mentioned he was invited to Lively’s New York residence in 2023 to debate script adjustments, the place Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and Swift had been there to function her “dragons”.

In response, Swift’s representatives mentioned “she was not concerned in any casting or inventive determination” and “by no means noticed an edit or made any notes on the movie”.

Variety has now reported that Baldoni’s legal professionals had been utilizing the subpoena to attempt to get messages regarding an allegation that Lively’s representatives had threatened to launch outdated textual content messages if Swift did not problem a press release supporting her.

Lively’s legal professionals denied these allegations as “unequivocally and demonstrably false”.

Lively’s spokesperson added: “The Baldoni and Wayfarer crew have tried to place Taylor Swift, a lady who has been an inspiration for tens of hundreds of thousands throughout the globe, on the heart of this case since day one.

“Faced with having to justify themselves in federal court docket, they folded. At some level they’ll run out of distractions from the precise claims of sexual harassment and retaliation they’re dealing with.”

Baldoni is counter-suing Lively and Reynolds on claims of civil extortion, defamation and invasion of privateness.