A spokesperson for Taylor Swift on Friday mentioned an try and subpoena the pop star as a witness in Blake Vigorous and Justin Baldoni’s case is “designed” to make use of the singer’s “title to attract public curiosity.”
TMZ reported Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman issued a subpoena to Swift within the lawsuits involving the 2024 movie “It Ends With Us.” Freedman didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Friday night.
Representatives for Vigorous additionally didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Swift’s workforce rejected the notion she would have any related data and shouldn’t be concerned within the authorized tangle.
“Taylor Swift by no means set foot on the set of this film, she was not concerned in any casting or artistic choices, she didn’t rating the movie, she by no means noticed an edit or made any notes on the movie, she didn’t even see ‘It Ends With Us’ till weeks after its public launch, and was touring across the globe throughout 2023 and 2024 headlining the most important tour in historical past,” her spokesperson mentioned Friday.
Swift did license music for the movie.
“On condition that her involvement was licensing a track for the movie, which 19 different artists additionally did, this doc subpoena is designed to make use of Taylor Swift’s title to attract public curiosity by creating tabloid clickbait as a substitute of specializing in the information of the case,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The authorized battle between Baldoni and Vigorous started late final 12 months after Vigorous filed a civil rights grievance towards her co-star and director, accusing him of sexual harassment throughout filming. She additionally accused him of retaliation after she raised points about his on-set habits. Vigorous then sued Baldoni, the movie’s manufacturing firm, Wayfarer Studios, and others, alleging they engaged in “a rigorously crafted, coordinated, and resourced retaliatory scheme to silence her, and others, from talking out.
An lawyer for Baldoni has referred to as the allegations “fully false, outrageous and deliberately salacious” and accused Vigorous of partaking in a smear marketing campaign.
In December, Baldoni sued The New York Instances for libel following the newspaper’s publication of an article detailing Vigorous’s accusations. The Instances, which was first to report on the grievance, has stood by its reporting. That lawsuit is ongoing.
In January, he additionally filed a lawsuit towards Vigorous, her husband actor Ryan Reynolds, her rep Leslie Sloane and Sloane’s PR agency. Baldoni alleges that the events engaged in defamation and disregarded contractual claims.
He’s in search of $400 million and a jury trial.
A trial is scheduled for March 2026 in New York.
Swift was pulled into headlines concerning the case after Baldoni filed his 179-page swimsuit, which included examples of alleged textual content messages between him and Vigorous.
Swift isn’t named within the swimsuit, save for one textual content message during which a “Taylor” is talked about. Within the textual content of the lawsuit, she is known as a “megacelebrity buddy.”
Baldoni’s workforce confirmed to NBC Information that the Taylor referred to within the lawsuit is Swift, a longtime buddy of Vigorous.
“If you happen to ever get round to watching Sport of Thrones, you’ll admire that I’m Khaleesi, and like her, I occur to have a number of dragons,” one purported textual content from Vigorous reads, in response to the swimsuit. “For higher or worse, however normally higher. As a result of my dragons additionally defend these I combat for. So actually all of us profit from these attractive monsters of mine. You’ll too, I can promise you.”
