Blake Lively’s former pal, Taylor Swift, was dragged into her arduous legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star, Justin Baldoni, and now it’s been claimed she may give evidence
Taylor Swift is reportedly edging closer to being forced to give evidence in former pal Blake Lively’s court case with Justin Baldoni. In December last year, Blake filed a lawsuit against Justin, alleging she suffered “severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment, belittlement, frustration and mental anguish” as a result of his conduct during production.
He denied the claims and filed a countersuit against Blake, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist Leslie Sloane. His filing alleged extortion and defamation. He also filed a separate defamation action against The New York Times.
Meanwhile, the tension between Blake and Taylor blew up after the singer’s name got dragged into Blake’s arduous 2024 legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star, Justin.
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Justin’s lawyers claimed Blake tried to ‘coerce’ Taylor into making a public statement about the actor, whom Blake accused of sexual harassment, and deleted texts allegedly sent between them discussing him.
Earlier this year, a judge ruled Justin could have the texts between Taylor and Blake that have to do with It Ends With Us.
And now, newly filed court documents seen by MailOnline showed that Taylor has been asked to take part in a deposition (in the week beginning October 20) after the release of her album in October.
She’s set to be deposed if Justin’s legal team can persuade to a judge to a deadline extension. Justin’s legal team claimed Taylor was asked to a deposition being scheduled for next month.
“Ms. Lively misleadingly implies the Wayfarer Parties seek a blanket thirty-day extension of the discovery cut-off date,” his lawyer Ellyn S. Garofalo wrote to judge Lewis J. Liman, according to MailOnline.
“In fact, the Wayfarer Parties requested an agreement solely to take the deposition of Taylor Swift during the week of October 20-25 due to Ms. Swift’s preexisting professional obligations.”
In July, Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit and the defamation claim against the newspaper The New York Times.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that Taylor and Blake aren’t on speaking terms. Fans noticed that Blake snubbed Taylor’s engagement news and questioned whether a song in her new album is about the Gossip Girl actress.
On August 13, Taylor announced her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl, which will include a track titled Ruin the Friendship — a song rumoured to be about her relationship with Blake. A source close to the situation tells People: “Taylor and Blake aren’t speaking.”
The Mirror have reached out to Taylor’s reps for comment.
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