The legal team of Justin Baldoni is reaffirming its accusations that Blake Lively demanded that Taylor Swift He will support her publicly after not attending this year’s Super Bowl.
According to court documents obtained by People On Thursday, May 15, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman, sent a letter to the judge Lewis J. Liman On Wednesday, May 14, claiming that he spoke with a source close to Swift, 35, “who is highly likely to have reliable information.”
Freedman claimed that the informant told him that Lively’s lawyers made “extortionist threats” to the law firm that represents Swift and demanded that the singer “issue a statement of support” for Lively.
Lively’s team quickly responded to the allegation according to the court documents obtained by Us Weeklythey also submitted a letter to the judge requesting that Freedman’s was dismissed.
“The apparent intention of Freedman’s letter is to wash scandalous and defamatory accusations about Mrs. Lively and the opposite lawyer in the press abusing the court registration,” Lively’s legal team wrote.
After the response of the Lively team, Freedman returned with an affidavit signed under Perjury’s penalty with more details of the unidentified source and allegations. In the legal document, Freedman said he spoke with a “person very closely linked to Taylor Swift” on Valentine’s Day.
Freedman claimed that Swift’s lawyer was called by Lively’s lawyer and “requested, on behalf of Mrs. Lively, that Taylor Swift made a statement in social networks in support of Mrs. Lively given her absence of the Super Bowl that year, and declared that if Mrs. Swift did not do so, Mrs. Lively Mrs. Swift. “
The source also said that Lively asked Swift to delete its past text messages “four or five months” before.
On Thursday, Judge Liman granted Lively’s motion to eliminate Freedman’s letter and affidavit. There was no finding about the validity of the claim and Baldoni’s team You cannot chase it in the case. The judge described him as “improper” and “irrelevant for any matter before this court.” He added that any “undue use” of the court “can be sanctioned.”
Lively’s legal team reacted to the legal victory in a statement for Us.
“He took the Court less than 24 hours to see through the irrelevant, improper and inflammatory accusations of Mr. Freedman, eliminate them, remove them from the Court and warn Mr. Freedman that any future undue behavior can be sanctioned,” said the statement.
The legal case between Lively and Baldoni began after their experience working at IT Ends with Us. In December 2024, Lively demanded Baldoni for sexual harassment, fostering a hostile work environment and trying to ruin his reputation. Baldoni has vehemently denied the accusations. The director subsequently filed a defamation demand for $ 400 million against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. Lively and Reynolds, 48, have denied the accusations of Baldoni.
Baldoni’s team has affirmed that Swift, who is a good friend of Lively, was secretly involved in the supposed production transfer of the actress. A citation sent to Swift earlier this month was, according to Freedman, hoping to collect evidence to point out that the singer supported Lively.
“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decision, she did not compose the music of the movie, never saw an edition or made notes on the movie,” said a swift spokesman Us In a statement on Friday, May 9. “He didn’t even see It ends with us Until weeks after its public launch, and was traveling all over the world for 2023 and 2024 leading the biggest tour in history. ”
