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Taylor Swift is being subpoenaed as a witness in the ongoing legal case between Blake Lively and her It Ends with Us director and costar, Justin Baldoni
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Swift is a longtime friend of Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, and Swift is the godmother to their children
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The case, Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al., is set to go to trial in March 2026
Taylor Swift has been subpoenaed as a witness in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal battle over behind-the-scenes conflict on their movie It Ends with Us.
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.”
“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 It Ends With Us until 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.
“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’s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case,” the spokesperson continued.
PEOPLE is out to attorneys for both Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41, for comment.
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A source recently disclosed to PEOPLE that along with Swift, Hugh Jackman could also be served with a subpoena.
“Anyone that had any knowledge of this situation will be subpoenaed, no matter of their celebrity status,” the source said.
However, another insider says Swift and Jackman, 56, are “not privy to anything going on,” adding that claims they will be subpoenaed are “smoke and mirrors and trying to distract from the allegations against Baldoni.”
Reynolds, Lively, Jackman (who starred alongside Reynolds in Deadpool & Wolverine) and Swift have been spotted together on numerous occasions, including at NFL games where Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce was playing with his team the Kansas City Chiefs. Swift is also the godmother to the couple’s four children: James, 10, Inez, 8, Betty, 5, and Olin, 2.
Lively first sued her director-costar in December, accusing him of sexual harassment, “disturbing” and “unprofessional” 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 Ryan Reynolds and their publicity team.
Among Baldoni’s claims are that Swift and Reynolds, 48, pressured him into accepting one of Lively’s rewrites for screenwriter Christy Hall’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s hit novel. In the complaint, the Jane the Virgin alum described an alleged meeting at Lively and Reynolds’ penthouse where Swift “began praising Lively’s script. Baldoni understood the subtext: he needed to comply with Lively’s direction.”
In 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 Game of Thrones, calling her husband and Swift her “dragons” and later her “Dance Moms level stage moms.”
Baldoni has also claimed that Reynolds mocked the director in Deadpool & Wolverine via Reynolds’ character “Nicepool.” In the Marvel film, the sanitized version of Deadpool says lines such as “Where in God’s name is the intimacy coordinator?!” and compliments Ladypool (played by Lively) for “snapping back” into shape after giving birth. Among Lively’s claims are that Baldoni fat-shamed her post-partum body during filming for It Ends With Us.
The trial for Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al., which will cover both lawsuits, is scheduled for March 2026.
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