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Taylor Swift is being subpoenaed arsenic a witnesser successful the ongoing ineligible lawsuit betwixt Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively.
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If you remember, successful December 2024, Blake sued Justin, her It Ends with Us co-star and director, implicit allegations of intersexual harassment and engaging successful a smear campaign. In turn, Justin sued Blake implicit allegations of extortion and defamation successful January 2025. The lawsuit Lively v Wayfarer Studios is acceptable to spell to proceedings successful March 2026.
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Taylor, a longtime person of Blake, was archetypal mentioned successful the ongoing ineligible lawsuit erstwhile substance messages included the sanction "Taylor" successful Justin's $400 cardinal defamation countersuit. "I truly emotion what you did. It truly does assistance a lot. Makes it truthful overmuch much amusive and interesting. (And I would person felt that mode without Ryan and Taylor)," Justin's connection read. "You truly are a endowment crossed the board. Really excited and grateful to bash this together."
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Later, Blake sent a substance referencing her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and different redacted name, "absolute titans arsenic writers and storytellers extracurricular of their superior gig." Blake besides compared herself to Khalessi from Game of Thrones, seemingly saying, "My dragons besides support those I combat for. So truly we each payment from those gorgeous monsters of mine. You volition too, I tin committedness you."
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On May 9, a spokesperson for Taylor denied engagement extracurricular of licensing her opus "My Tears Ricochet" for usage successful a trailer and country from the film, claiming this is conscionable 'tabloid clickbait.'"
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In a connection obtained by People, the spokesperson for Taylor said, "Taylor Swift ne'er acceptable ft connected the acceptable of this movie, she was not progressive successful immoderate casting oregon originative decisions, she did not people the film, she ne'er saw an edit oregon made immoderate notes connected the film, she did not adjacent see It Ends With Us until weeks aft its nationalist release, and was traveling astir the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest circuit successful history."
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The spokesperson per People added, "The transportation Taylor had to this movie was permitting the usage of 1 song, 'My Tears Ricochet.' Given that her engagement was licensing a opus for the film, which 19 different artists besides did, this papers subpoena is designed to usage Taylor Swift's sanction to gully nationalist involvement by creating tabloid clickbait alternatively of focusing connected the facts of the case."
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On May 10, People reported a spokesperson for Blake slammed Justin's ineligible squad for subpoenaing Taylor and their attraction of the ineligible case.
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"Mr. Baldoni, Mr. Sarowitz, and squad proceed to crook a lawsuit of intersexual harassment and retaliation into amusement for the tabloids, going arsenic acold arsenic suggesting that they merchantability tickets to a performance venue - Madison Square Garden - to witnesser Ms. Lively's deposition, to subpoenaing Taylor Swift, a pistillate who has fixed a dependable to millions each implicit the world," the rep said successful the connection obtained by People, referencing Steve Sarowitz, co-founder of Wayfarer Studios.
"This is simply a precise superior ineligible matter, not Barnum & Bailey's Circus," the connection continued. "The defendants proceed to publically intimidate, bully, shame, and onslaught women's rights and reputations. Including successful the past period seeking to onslaught down for all, a almighty California victims' rights law, calling it 'unconstitutional.'"
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"The disturbing actions by a billionaire, men who made their careers arsenic 'female allies' and their squad proceed to amusement their existent colors," the rep concluded.
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