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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni lawsuits
Music superstar Taylor Swift has been subpoenaed successful the ongoing legal quality betwixt Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over allegations surrounding the making of their 2024 movie "It Ends with Us."
A spokesperson for Swift confirmed the subpoena successful a connection to CBS News Friday, saying that it "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."
"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 spot 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," the spokesperson said successful a statement. "The transportation Taylor had to this movie was permitting the usage of 1 song, 'My Tears Ricochet.'"
CBS News has reached retired to representatives for Lively and Baldoni for comment.
Lively and Baldoni person been embroiled successful a widely publicized ineligible battle that kickstarted erstwhile Lively sued Baldoni successful December, alleging helium sexually harassed her connected the acceptable of "It Ends With Us."
Baldoni has denied the allegations and countersued Lively successful January for defamation, seeking $400 cardinal from her and her husband, histrion Ryan Reynolds, alleging extortion, defamation and penetration of privacy. He besides filed a abstracted defamation suit against the New York Times for its story that initially reported Lively's allegations against him.
Swift, a longtime person of Lively, was mentioned successful Baldoni's countersuit, though not straight by her afloat name. The countersuit included substance messages that indicated an alleged publication gathering that appeared to person been besides attended by Reynolds and "Taylor."
In substance messages to Baldoni, according to the countersuit, Lively described Swift and Reynolds arsenic her "most trusted partners," saying they were her "dragons" successful notation to the amusement "Game of Thrones."
Baldoni's lawyers argued successful the countersuit that successful Swift and Reynolds, Baldoni was facing "two of the astir influential and affluent celebrities successful the world, who were not acrophobic to marque things precise hard for him."
Meanwhile, successful an amended ailment filed successful February, Lively alleged Baldoni made different women uncomfortable connected set.
The national justice overseeing the lawsuits said successful January that helium volition apt harvester some into 1 proceedings that volition statesman successful March 2026.
Kierra Frazier is simply a quality exertion for CBS News & Stations.
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