Taylor Swift’s Spokesperson Calls Lively, Baldoni Subpoena ‘tabloid Clickbait’

Taylor Swift’s spokesperson responded to nan lawsuit she was served arsenic a witnesser successful nan ineligible conflict involving Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. According to Deadline, Swift was subpoenaed earlier this week by Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman.

“Taylor Swift ne'er group ft connected nan group of this movie, she was not progressive successful immoderate casting aliases imaginative decisions, she did not people nan film, she ne'er saw an edit aliases made immoderate notes connected nan film, she did not moreover spot ‘It Ends With Us’ until weeks aft its nationalist release, and was walking astir nan globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining nan biggest circuit successful history,” a Swift spokesperson said Friday, May 9. “The relationship Taylor had to this movie was permitting nan usage of 1 song, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ Given that her engagement was licensing a opus for nan film, which 19 different artists besides did, this archive lawsuit is designed to usage Taylor Swift’s sanction to tie nationalist liking by creating tabloid clickbait alternatively of focusing connected nan facts of nan case.”

Lively responds

A spokesperson for Lively told ABC News, “Mr. Baldoni, Mr. Sarowitz, and squad proceed to move a lawsuit of intersexual harassment and retaliation into intermezo for nan tabloids, going arsenic acold arsenic suggesting that they waste tickets to a performance venue – Madison Square Garden – to witnesser Ms. Lively’s deposition, to subpoenaing Taylor Swift, a female who has fixed a sound to millions nan world over.”

The connection continued, “This is simply a very superior ineligible matter, not Barnum & Bailey’s Circus. The defendants proceed to publically intimidate, bully, shame and onslaught women’s authorities and reputations. Including successful nan past period seeking to onslaught down for all, a powerful California victims’ authorities law, calling it ‘unconstitutional.’ The disturbing actions by a billionaire, men who made their careers arsenic ‘female allies’ and their squad proceed to show their existent colors.”

Why was Swift mentioned?

CBS News reported Swift was mentioned successful Baldoni’s countersuit, though not straight by her afloat name. The countersuit included matter messages referencing an alleged book gathering that appeared to person besides been attended by Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and “Taylor.”

The countersuit shows Lively described Swift and Reynolds successful matter messages to Baldoni arsenic her “most trusted partners,” saying they were her “dragons” successful reference to nan show “Game of Thrones.”

Baldoni’s lawyers based on successful nan countersuit that, successful Swift and Reynolds, Baldoni was facing “two of nan astir influential and able celebrities successful nan world, who were not acrophobic to make things very difficult for him.”

Lively first sued Baldoni successful December. Baldoni denied nan allegations and revenge nan countersuit nan pursuing month, alleging defamation and extortion against Lively, Reynolds and their publicity team.

The national judge overseeing nan lawsuits said successful January that he will apt harvester some into 1 proceedings that will statesman successful March 2026.