Justin Baldoni withdrew the judicial summons that had issued Taylor Swift In the midst of your legal confrontation With actress Blake Livelythe People medium reported.
The decision was confirmed Thursday by a spokesman for Lively, who celebrated that the actor’s legal team has canceled what he described as “citation of harassment” towards the singer and her law firm.
- “We support the efforts of the Taylor team to annul these inappropriate citations and we will continue to defend any third party who is unfairly harassed or threatened in the process,” said the representative of Lively.
According to the statement, Baldoni and his Wayfarer study would have tried from the beginning to divert the attention of the accusations of sexual harassment and reprisals faced by the actor, using Swift’s name to capture public attention.
“Take advantage of the reputation of Taylor Swift It was the original plan of Melissa Nathan’s planning document, and continues to this day. Given the need to justify themselves before a Federal Court, they surrendered, “the spokesperson accused.
Baldoni, 41, had requested documents from Swift under the argument that the artist would have influenced creative decisions to break the circle, a film that he starred and directed with Lively. However, a singer’s spokesman said that her only participation was to authorize the use of her song “My Tears Ricochet”.
“Taylor Swift He never set foot on the set of that movie, was not involved in castings, creative decisions or the final assembly. He didn’t even see the tape until weeks after its premiere, “said the representative, stressing that the star was worldwide during all 2023 and 2024.
The case charged more media attention after Baldoni’s lawyers affirmed in a letter to the judge that Lively had threatened to disseminate private messages with Swift if he did not support her publicly; However, Judge Lewis J. Liman ordered to eliminate the letter from the judicial file for considering it “irrelevant.”
The legal conflict between Lively and Baldoni began in December 2024, when the actress filed a lawsuit against her co -star to break the circle, accusing him of sexual harassment in the set and orchestrate a campaign of discredit against him.
In response, the 41 -year -old actor presented a defamation and extortion contrademanda for 400 million dollars, also involving Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and the publicist Leslie Sloane.
Additionally, Baldoni undertook legal actions against the New York Times after the publication of an article about the accusations, claiming that the medium spread erroneous and harmful information for its reputation. In response, the newspaper said that it will defend “vigorously” in court.
He judgment Between Lively and Baldoni it is scheduled for March 2026.
