Taylor Swift's Team Responds to Justin Baldoni Subpoena

Taylor Swift isn't going to be able to hide from pal Blake Lively's legal battle any longer.

The 36-year-old pop star was served with a subpoena in the case against Lively's It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, per TMZ. It was Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman who had Swift subpoenaed as a witness. Swift's camp has already responded to the legal issue.

"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," spokesperson firmly told the media outlet.

Her representative noted that Swift allowed the film to use her song, "My Tears Ricochet" and that is the extent of "her involvement" just like "19 other artists also did." Swift's spokesperson added, "...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."

Baldoni's legal documents mentioned Swift several times, including her stamp of approval to cast Isabela Ferrer as the young version of Lily Bloom, and a reported contentious meeting with Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, at their New York City home over script changes. Swift allegedly stopped by while the meeting was happening.

Lively's attorney, Mike Gottlieb, confirmed to People that the actress will testify, but he questioned why Swift, or possibly Hugh Jackman, needs to be involved.

“It’s completely unclear what claims or defenses in the case any of these celebrities… have any relevance to at all,” he explained. “This is a case about what happened to Blake Lively when she raised claims of sexual harassment on the set. It’s not a case about how songs were chosen for the movie. It’s not a case about fictional Marvel characters in Deadpool movies.”

The trial is scheduled to begin in March 2026.

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