The judicial battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni He added a new explosive chapter. This Thursday, May 15, the actor’s lawyers denounced that the actress tried to extort her friend Taylor Swift to put on his side when he declared in the trial that faces them and to which he was summoned.
Everything arose after Blake and her husband Ryan Reynolds They will reject a citation sent to the study that represents Swift. In response, Baldoni’s lawyers presented a judicial letter in which they accuse the actress of manipulating the singer to influence the case.
Among other things, the complaint ensures that the Hollywood actress asked Taylor to delete all messages, audios and mails that referred to the conflict that arose during the filming of Break the circlein which Lively claims to have suffered abuse. A play that, if confirmed, could further complicate its legal situation.
But there is more. The new brief also states that Lively’s lawyer would have demanded from Swift a public support statement. And that, if refusing, it threatens it with filtering private chats with personal content that Blake would have stored.
Blake Lively’s reaction after making sure his friend Taylor Swift threatened
In this context, Lively’s lawyer soon deny it. Speaking to People, Mike Gottlieb was blunt: “This is categorically false. We flatly denied all these supposed accusations, which are cowardly based on anonymous sources.”
For now, it is known that Swift was summoned on May 9 to testify in the framework of this battle that began when Lively denounced Baldoni for sexual harassment and reprisals during the filming of breaking the circle. He, on the other hand, responded with a contrademanda for 400 million dollars for defamation and extortion.
