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<\/div>\n<\/div>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- Taylor Swift is being subpoenaed as a witness in the ongoing legal case between Blake Lively and her\u00a0It Ends with Us<\/em>\u00a0director and costar, Justin Baldoni<\/li>\n
- Swift is a longtime friend of Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, and Swift is the godmother to their children<\/li>\n
- The case,\u00a0Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al.<\/em>, is set to go to trial in March 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Taylor Swift<\/a>\u00a0has been subpoenaed as a witness in\u00a0Blake Lively<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Justin Baldoni<\/a>‘s ongoing legal battle over\u00a0behind-the-scenes conflict<\/a>\u00a0on their movie\u00a0It Ends with Us<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\nA spokesperson for Swift, 35, emphasized the singer has had no close connection to the film other than her song “My Tears Ricochet” being used, and that the subpoena is to create “tabloid clickbait.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see\u00a0It Ends With Us<\/em>\u00a0until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history,” a rep told PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n“The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ Given that her involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did, this document subpoena is designed to use Taylor Swift\u2019s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case,” the spokesperson continued.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPEOPLE is out to attorneys for both Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41, for comment.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nNever miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nA source recently disclosed to PEOPLE that along with Swift,\u00a0Hugh Jackman<\/a>\u00a0could also be served with a subpoena.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n“Anyone that had any knowledge of this situation will be subpoenaed, no matter of their celebrity status,” the source said.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHowever, another insider says Swift and Jackman, 56, are “not privy to anything going on,” adding that\u00a0claims they will be subpoenaed<\/a>\u00a0are “smoke and mirrors and trying to distract from the allegations against Baldoni.”<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Gossip Girl\u00a0<\/em>alum first sued her director-costar in December, accusing him of sexual harassment, \u201cdisturbing” and \u201cunprofessional\u201d behavior on set and a retaliatory smear campaign. Baldoni has denied the allegations and, in January, filed a countersuit alleging defamation and extortion against Lively, her husband\u00a0Ryan Reynolds<\/a>\u00a0and their publicity team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAmong Baldoni\u2019s claims are that Swift and Reynolds, 48, pressured him into accepting one of Lively’s rewrites for screenwriter Christy Hall’s adaptation of\u00a0Colleen Hoover<\/a>‘s hit novel. In the complaint, the\u00a0Jane the Virgin<\/em>\u00a0alum described an alleged meeting at Lively and Reynolds\u2019 penthouse where Swift \u201cbegan praising Lively\u2019s script. Baldoni understood the subtext: he needed to comply with Lively\u2019s direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn an alleged text exchange following that interaction, Baldoni told Lively that her script changes were “so much more fun and interesting” and that he “would have felt that way without Ryan and Taylor,” adding a playful emoji. She allegedly responded by comparing herself to Khaleesi from\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em>, calling her husband and Swift her “dragons\u201d and later her “Dance Moms\u00a0<\/em>level stage moms.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\nSwift is both a longtime friend of Lively and Reynolds and godmother to the couple’s four children:\u00a0James<\/a>, 10,\u00a0Inez<\/a>, 8,\u00a0Betty<\/a>, 5, and\u00a0Olin<\/a>, 2. The friends have been spotted together on numerous occasions,\u00a0including at NFL games<\/a>\u00a0in support of Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end\u00a0Travis Kelce<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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- Taylor Swift is being subpoenaed as a witness in the ongoing legal case between Blake Lively and her\u00a0It Ends with Us<\/em>\u00a0director and costar, Justin Baldoni<\/li>\n
- Swift is a longtime friend of Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, and Swift is the godmother to their children<\/li>\n
- The case,\u00a0Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al.<\/em>, is set to go to trial in March 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Taylor Swift<\/a>\u00a0has been subpoenaed as a witness in\u00a0Blake Lively<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Justin Baldoni<\/a>‘s ongoing legal battle over\u00a0behind-the-scenes conflict<\/a>\u00a0on their movie\u00a0It Ends with Us<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Swift, 35, emphasized the singer has had no close connection to the film other than her song “My Tears Ricochet” being used, and that the subpoena is to create “tabloid clickbait.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see\u00a0It Ends With Us<\/em>\u00a0until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history,” a rep told PEOPLE.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ Given that her involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did, this document subpoena is designed to use Taylor Swift\u2019s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case,” the spokesperson continued.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPEOPLE is out to attorneys for both Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41, for comment.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nNever miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/div>\nA source recently disclosed to PEOPLE that along with Swift,\u00a0Hugh Jackman<\/a>\u00a0could also be served with a subpoena.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“Anyone that had any knowledge of this situation will be subpoenaed, no matter of their celebrity status,” the source said.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHowever, another insider says Swift and Jackman, 56, are “not privy to anything going on,” adding that\u00a0claims they will be subpoenaed<\/a>\u00a0are “smoke and mirrors and trying to distract from the allegations against Baldoni.”<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Gossip Girl\u00a0<\/em>alum first sued her director-costar in December, accusing him of sexual harassment, \u201cdisturbing” and \u201cunprofessional\u201d behavior on set and a retaliatory smear campaign. Baldoni has denied the allegations and, in January, filed a countersuit alleging defamation and extortion against Lively, her husband\u00a0Ryan Reynolds<\/a>\u00a0and their publicity team.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nAmong Baldoni\u2019s claims are that Swift and Reynolds, 48, pressured him into accepting one of Lively’s rewrites for screenwriter Christy Hall’s adaptation of\u00a0Colleen Hoover<\/a>‘s hit novel. In the complaint, the\u00a0Jane the Virgin<\/em>\u00a0alum described an alleged meeting at Lively and Reynolds\u2019 penthouse where Swift \u201cbegan praising Lively\u2019s script. Baldoni understood the subtext: he needed to comply with Lively\u2019s direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIn an alleged text exchange following that interaction, Baldoni told Lively that her script changes were “so much more fun and interesting” and that he “would have felt that way without Ryan and Taylor,” adding a playful emoji. She allegedly responded by comparing herself to Khaleesi from\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em>, calling her husband and Swift her “dragons\u201d and later her “Dance Moms\u00a0<\/em>level stage moms.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nSwift is both a longtime friend of Lively and Reynolds and godmother to the couple’s four children:\u00a0James<\/a>, 10,\u00a0Inez<\/a>, 8,\u00a0Betty<\/a>, 5, and\u00a0Olin<\/a>, 2. The friends have been spotted together on numerous occasions,\u00a0including at NFL games<\/a>\u00a0in support of Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end\u00a0Travis Kelce<\/a>.<\/p>\n