Just yesterday the scandal around Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni For the movie ‘It ends with us’ It seemed unexpectedly muddy the actress’s friendship with the successful and recognized singer Taylor Swiftwith whom he has a very close relationship for a decade. However, a judge failed in favor of Lively and eliminated the accusations that she or her team tried to press or extort Swift to defend her publicly.
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What accusations faced Blake Lively for his supposed pressure to Taylor Swift?
The controversy began when the lawyer of Justin Baldoni, Bryan Freedmanhe presented a letter before the court claiming that Michael GottliebLively’s lawyer, had tried to force Taylor Swift To publish a public statement of support to Lively. According to the accusation, Lively’s legal team would have suggested that, if not, private messages would be filtered between the actress and the singer.
The letter was based solely on information from an anonymous source, without documentary evidence or affidavit that supported the indication. Despite the seriousness of the accusation, Freedman himself did not present additional evidence that could support his claim.
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The controversy worsened when the swift team flatly denied any link with the creative decisions of ‘It ends with us’clarifying that his only participation was to authorize the use of his song ‘My Tears Ricochet’. Swift’s defense described the citation as an attempt to use its name to generate media scandal.
How did Blake Lively and what did the judge decided?
Lively’s lawyer, Michael Gottliebhe responded by qualifying accusations as “categorically false, cowardly attributed to anonymous and completely disconnected sources from reality.” Lively’s defense asked the judge to eliminate the letter from the judicial file, arguing that he had no legal value and only sought to generate a public scandal.
Judge Liman accepted Lively’s request and eliminated the letter, describing it as an attempt to “promote a public scandal” and warning that allowing its permanence in the file would make the court a “deposit of defamatory statements for press consumption.” In addition, the judge warned lawyer Freedman that future attempts to use the court for media purposes could be sanctioned.
With this decision, Lively manages to clean his name at this point in the case, at least in regard to accusations of manipulating or pressing Swift.
How did Blake Lively and Taylor Swift become?
Far from the courts, the story between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively It has been one of the most media friendships in recent years. It all started in 2015, when Lively published on Instagram a joke related to the video ‘Bad Blood’, which generated confusion among fans. Shortly after, Lively clarified that he was a swift fan and both met in Australia during the ‘1989’ tour.
Since then, his friendship grew with constant public samples of affection. Lively and Ryan Reynolds They attended Swift parties, their children were mentioned in the album ‘Folklore’ and her daughter James He even has a cameo in the song ‘Gorgeous’. In 2021, Lively debuted as director of the video ‘I Bet you Think about me’which reinforced its professional and personal bond.
Even in 2024, before the legal scandal broke out, both were seen together in events such as the Super Bowl and in meetings with friends such as Gigi Hadid and Sophie Turner. This long history of friendship is the one that today is questioned, but also that many expect that it does not end because of a judicial lawsuit that, according to the judge, was tried to use to feed the scandal without livelihood.
With information from Variety and People.
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