Furious Taylor Swift breaks silence on Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni trial as she is subpoenaed as witness

Taylor Swift has issued a blistering reaction as she has been formally subpoenaed as a witness in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s prison battle after the actress’ attorney weighed in at the superstar will testify.

The 35-year-old Eras Tour famous person used to be despatched prison realize on Friday by means of 41-year-old Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman as a witness.

Taylor’s camp is slamming the subpoena as they argue that she used to be no longer very concerned within the drama on set of 2024 movie It Ends With Us.

A rep for Taylor gave a blistering reaction to DailyMail.com which learn: ‘Taylor Swift by no means set foot at the set of this film, she used to be no longer desirous about any casting or inventive choices, she didn’t ranking the movie, she by no means noticed an edit or made any notes at the movie, she didn’t even see It Ends With Us till weeks after its public unencumber, and used to be touring world wide all the way through 2023 and 2024 headlining the largest excursion in historical past.’

The rep notes that the one involvement Taylor had within the movie used to be the usage of certainly one of her tracks titled My Tears Ricochet which used to be off of her 2020 album Folklore. 

The observation concluded: ‘Given that her involvement used to be licensing a track for the movie, which 19 different artists additionally did, this file subpoena is designed to make use of Taylor Swift’s title to attract public hobby by means of developing tabloid clickbait as a substitute of specializing in the information of the case.’ 

The 35-year-old Eras Tour famous person used to be despatched prison realize by means of 41-year-old Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman as a witness on Friday; Baldoni and Lively are noticed in 2024 movie This Is Us which sparked this prison battle

This comes an afternoon after Blake’s legal professional, Mike Gottlieb, unfolded about who is about to take the stand in his shopper’s upcoming trial involving her It Ends with Us costar Justin.

On Thursday, the actress’s legal professional showed that his shopper, 37, is ready to discuss underneath oath in courtroom. 

In reaction as to if Lively will testify, Gottlieb showed she would, as anticipated, ‘be a witness at her trial.’ 

‘The final second for a plaintiff’s tale to learn is at trial. We be expecting that to be the case right here [with Lively],’ he informed People. ‘Of route she’s going to testify.’

Amid hypothesis that a few of Lively’s closest buddies, like Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman, is also subpoenaed, Gottlieb stated ‘it is utterly unclear what claims or defenses within the case any of those celebrities… have any relevance to in any respect.’

‘This is a case about what came about to Blake Lively when she raised claims of sexual harassment at the set. It’s no longer a case about how songs have been selected for the film. It’s no longer a case about fictional Marvel characters in Deadpool films,’ he defined.

Gottlieb went on to indicate: ‘You have to invite the query, then, why are those folks being subpoenaed? Do they have got any precise relevance to the case handy? You cannot simply pass round subpoenaing folks as a result of they are well-known and also you suppose it is going to generate a number of headlines. And the federal courts do not tolerate that more or less habits.’

At this time, he defined it’s unsure if Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, will testify as he’s these days named as a defendant in Baldoni’s countersuit. 

Taylor’s camp slammed the subpoena as they argue that she used to be no longer very concerned within the drama on set of 2024 movie It Ends With Us; Taylor and Blake are noticed in New York again in September 2023

A rep for Taylor (noticed at the Eras Tour in Sydney in February 2024)  gave a blistering reaction to DailyMail.com which learn: ‘Taylor Swift by no means set foot at the set of this film, she used to be no longer desirous about any casting or inventive choices, she didn’t ranking the movie, she by no means noticed an edit or made any notes at the movie, she didn’t even see It Ends With Us till weeks after its public unencumber, and used to be touring world wide all the way through 2023 and 2024 headlining the largest excursion in historical past’

 Lively’s staff is operating to get the ones claims disregarded.  

Baldoni’s legal professional Bryan Freedman hit again at Gottlieb’s remarks and accused him of seeking to deflect from the case. 

‘Although clearly uncomfortable for the Lively events, the reality isn’t a distraction,’ Freedman informed People in a observation. ‘The reality has been obviously proven via unedited receipts, paperwork and actual lifestyles pictures. More to return.’

Freedman persevered: ‘Blake used to be the one that introduced her high-profile buddies into this example with out worry for their very own non-public or public backlash. As the reality presentations, she used her dragons to govern Justin at each and every flip.’ 

Freedman’s ultimate observation used to be a nod to Lively’s alleged textual content messages to Baldoni, wherein she referred to Swift and Reynolds ‘dragons.’ 

In the alleged texts, she when put next herself to Khaleesi from Game of Thrones and defined ‘for higher or worse’ her ‘dragons’ offer protection to what she fights for. 

In regards to Reynolds’ alleged misconduct, Freedman claimed: ‘Ryan’s involvement may be very neatly documented and we proceed to find extra intentional misconduct. Was Disney if truth be told complicit in Ryan the usage of shareholder revenues to additional a private grudge? I might be shocked to be informed that this kind of company waste would no longer result in a lot more publicity for the ones which have been complicit in affecting shareholder earnings.’

In December, Lively filed an 80-page civil rights criticism with the California Civil Rights Department in opposition to, earlier than formally submitting a federal lawsuit simply weeks later.

This comes an afternoon after Blake’s legal professional, Mike Gottlieb, has unfolded about who is about to take the stand in his shopper’s upcoming trial involving her It Ends With Us costar Justin 

On Thursday, the actress’s legal professional showed that his shopper, 37, is ready to talk underneath oath in courtroom and ‘be a witness at her trial’ (noticed remaining month)

Baldoni’s legal professional Bryan Freedman hit again at Gottlieb’s remarks and accused him of seeking to deflect from the case; Baldoni noticed in 2024

That similar month, Lively sued Baldoni amid claims of sexual harassment all the way through manufacturing of the movement image. In her lawsuit, the Gossip Girl alumna accused Baldoni of sexually harassing her in a couple of tactics — together with frame shaming her — and orchestrating a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her to break her popularity.

Baldoni and his reps have stated based on the lawsuit that Lively twisted the which means of textual content messages and lie to the general public about their interactions whilst making the movement image.

In her lawsuit, Lively named numerous Baldoni’s collaborators, together with his corporate Wayfarer Studios, the studio’s CEO and monetary backer, and PR workforce Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel. 

‘I am hoping that my prison motion is helping pull again the curtain on those sinister retaliatory ways to hurt individuals who discuss up about misconduct and is helping offer protection to others who is also centered,’ Lively informed The New York Times the day after she filed the criticism.

Baldoni due to this fact sued the newspaper for $250 million in a defamation declare over a December 21 tale titled ‘”We Can Bury Anyone”: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine.’ The newspaper has denied the allegations.

Baldoni on January 16 filed a $400 million lawsuit in opposition to Lively, Reynolds and her publicist Leslie Sloane, alleging defamation and extortion. Baldoni informed the courtroom the trio had concocted ‘false accusations of sexual harassment’ in opposition to him.

Since Lively’s criticism used to be filed, Baldoni has confronted numerous skilled penalties, together with a lawsuit from a former publicist; and being dropped by means of the company WME, which additionally reps Lively and Reynolds.

WME has denied claims that Lively and Reynolds leaned on them to unencumber Baldoni from their shopper roster, consistent with Variety.

Lawyers for each events have been in keeping with a plan to compound each federal instances filed into one shifting ahead.

In December, Lively filed an 80-page civil rights criticism with the California Civil Rights Department in opposition to, earlier than formally submitting a federal lawsuit simply weeks later (noticed within the 2024 It Ends With Us movie)

It Ends with Us, which additionally starred Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Brandon Sklenar and Kevin McKidd, arrived in theaters August 9 and used to be a success with audiences. The movie, tailored from the 2016 Colleen Hoover novel, earned $148 million in home field workplace, and $350 million globally, consistent with Box Office Mojo.

Lively broke out with the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants reverse Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel and America Ferrera. That resulted in her high-profile function at the TV display Gossip Girl, which she starred on from 2007-2012, taking part in lead persona Serena van der Woodsen.

She has additionally seemed in films equivalent to 2010’s The Town, 2016’s The Shallows, 2018’s A Simple Favor and 2020’s The Rhythm Section.

Prior to It Ends with Us, Baldoni used to be very best identified for taking part in the function of Rafael Solano at the TV display Jane the Virgin from 2014–2019. He additionally has directed movies together with 2019’s Five Feet Apart and 2020’s Clouds, and penned the 2021 guide Man Enough, which tackled misconceptions of recent masculinity.