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The legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, co -stars of the film ‘Closing the circle’, intensified since in December of 2024 The actress filed a demand for sexual harassment against the actor.
Since then, the case has taken increasingly media turns and has now involved a third high profile figure: Taylor Swift.
Alleged pressure to Taylor Swift
According to judicial documents obtained through People, Baldoni’s legal team presented a letter, where it is assured that Lively pressed his friend Swift to publicly support herand even threatened to filter private messages if he did not.
It is also pointed out that He tried to convince her to eliminate messages that could be relevant to research.
These statements, which would come from an anonymous source “probably reliable”, have caused great stir, especially after confirming that Taylor was summoned as a witness on May 9.
Lively’s lawyer, Mike Gottlieb, rejected the accusations and issued a strong statement in which It dismisses all the information presented by Baldoni representatives:
“This is categorically false. We strongly deny all these alleged accusations, which are cowardly based on alleged anonymous sources and are completely disconnected from reality. This is what we expect from the lawyers of the Wayfarer parts, who seem to prefer to shoot first, without any evidence and regardless of the people they harm. We will immediately present motions to the court so that these lawyers are accounts conduct.”
For its part, Taylor Swift spokesman also responded, clarifying that the singer did not have any professional link With the production of ‘it ends with us’:
“Taylor Swift never stepped on the set of this movie, did not participate in any casting or in creative decisions, did not compose the soundtrack, never saw an edition or took notes on the movie, not even saw it ends with us until weeks after its premiere, and was traveling around the world for 2023 and 2024 leading the biggest tour in history.”
Hugh Jackman could be part of the case
The rumor has been given that the actor Hugh Jackman could also be summoned to declare, Because he is a good friend of Blake Lively husband, Ryan Reynolds, with whom he co -starred in the movie ‘Wolverine and Deadpool’.
However, this information has been deniedthey ensure that it is only a media strategy of distraction by the Baldoni team, according to a source of People
“Smoke and mirrors and an attempt to distract the attention of accusations against Baldoni.”
Justin Baldoni’s position and next legal steps
From the beginning of the legal process, Baldoni has sustained his innocence and states that everything is a campaign to ruin his reputation Just before the premiere of the film based on Colleen Hoover’s novel.
The trial is scheduled for March 2026 And it is emerging as one of the most media of the year, with statements of celebrities, cross accusations and a narrative that mixes entertainment, power and complaints of abuse.
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