‘Break the circle’: Justin Baldoni is back: withdraws the judicial citation to Taylor Swift in his case against Blake Lively | People

The case of complaints crossed by the protagonists of the film Break the circle Keep going around and complicated in the most surprising ways possible. If less than two weeks ago the director and actor Justin Baldoni decided to cite as a witness of the future judgment to the superstar of Pop Taylor Swift, intimate friend of her archienemiga and co -star Blake Lively, has now decided to withdraw it. Swift will no longer have to go to the courts; His friendship with Lively, yes, seems to have resent after this judicial swing.

On May 9, Baldoni’s lawyers confirmed to the press the citation to Swift as part of his confrontation, to verify how much he knew about the film and the relationship between its protagonists: Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni of harassment and having created a campaign against him; He denies it and ensures that it has been the other way around. However, this Thursday 22, Deadline He has advanced exclusively that Baldoni has withdrawn that citation unexpectedly. According to that specialized media, the director and his team have already “obtained the details they were looking for.” The actress’s spokesmen have confirmed the magazine People That’s right, and that they are “delighted” with the decision, which from the first moment was seen as an advertising maneuver by the Baldoni team, a media attention call given the power of Swift to generate holders.

“We support the efforts of the Taylor team to cancel these inappropriate citations aimed at your lawyer, and we will continue to defend any third party who is unfairly harassed or threatened in the process,” said said spokesman. “The Baldoni team and (the film producer) Wayfarer have tried to put Taylor Swift, a woman who has been an inspiration for dozens of millions of people around the world, at the center of this case since the first day,” said the representatives, who say that “exploit the fame of Taylor Swift was the original” of the Baldoni team, “and continues to this day.” “At some point they will end the distractions of the real demands of sexual harassment and reprisals they face,” they rive.

Swift representatives have not spoken at the moment, but they did when the lawsuit was filed two weeks ago. Then, they pointed out that it was indeed a way that Baldoni caught attention to his case. “Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this film, it was not involved in any decision regarding its casting Or creative, he did not create the score of the film, he never saw a previous version of it or made any aim about the movie, “they said.” The connection Taylor had with this movie was to allow the use of a song, My Tears Ricochet “then explained a spokeswoman for the billionaire singer, 35. “Since their participation was the granting of a song for the film, something that other 19 artists also made, this judicial citation is designed to use the name of Taylor Swift and thereby attract the public interest through the creation of clickbait by the tabloids, instead of focusing on the facts of the case. ”

Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have been friends for years; In fact, the singer is even godmother of the three older daughters of the actress and also actor Ryan Reynolds. It is usual to see them together on dinners, vacations or enjoying the Super Bowl games – Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, is a famous American football player – with other friends such as Reynolds himself, Hugh Jackman or singer Ice Spice. However, months ago they are not seen together in public, either because it has not coincided (something unusual) or because Swift, disappeared months ago, has preferred to take a certain distance from this complex case that, as seen, finally it is splashing it.

Baldoni’s lawyers have been trying to light Swift in their complaints and communications. In a lawsuit months ago, the actor and director of the film explained that he met with Lively in New York to talk about a scene they planned to rewrite. It was her house, she said, and there Reynolds appeared and another celebrity (which was later learned that it was Swift), and both defended the version of the scene rewritten by Lively. In one of the most viral moments in the entire process, Baldoni explained that after that moment of rewriting Lively himself sent him a text message. In him he joked by stating that it was Khaleesi and that, like her, she had “a few dragons”, in a reference to the series Game of Thrones. “For better or worse, but in general for good. Because my dragons also protect for what I fight. So we all win with these monsters of mine. You too, promised,” I wrote in the message, next to emoticons of smiling faces.

Actress Isabela Ferrer also, who in the film plays Lively in her adolescence, gave some clue. Asked by the medium Extra About whether “Taylor had some influence when obtaining the role,” he replied that yes: “It was help in the audition process, something I discovered after getting the role. I loved it. I have no words.”

Everything started at the end of December, when Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and accused him of having created a huge and millionaire public discredit campaign against her. The 37 -year -old actress told it through a long article published in The New York Timeswhere he affirmed that the director and co -star of Break the circle (It ends with usin the original) he tried to destroy his self -esteem and trust, mocking her and his physique. But also telling her intimacies, as alleged infidelities or told her pornography addiction in a relationship in which she, according to the article, had to put limits per contract. For example, he asked him not to add more sex scenes to the filming. In addition, she assured that he and her producer had created a campaign to load her reputation in Hollywood.

Just 10 days later, it was Baldoni who decided to contrademand both to Lively and The New York Timesfor no less than 250 million dollars. I accused them of giving the facts “decontextualized and manipulative.” To her, on the other hand, she accused her of the same as her: to create a campaign to sink her with “false allegations of abuse to unilaterally take the control of production.”

At the moment, the parties, and especially Baldoni, have been filtering documents that do not leave anywhere else. The director’s lawyers even wanted to create a website to hang all messages publicly, something that the judge prevented them. At the moment, the magistrate has asked for a pause and has summoned them for March 9, 2026. If they do not reach an agreement before, there will be the faces in the courts.