Justin Baldoni exempts Taylor Swift in Blake Lively’s demand

Taylor Swift It will no longer be cited in the current demand between Blake Lively and Justin Baldonias Us Weekly He could confirm.

A source close to the matter told ‘Us’ That the citation for Swift, 35, was withdrawn “because it was provided voluntarily” to Baldoni’s legal team.

Lively reacted to the last update of the case through a statement from his representative on Thursday, May 22.

“We are pleased that Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer parties have retired their stalker citations to Taylor Swift and his law firm,” he read in the statement. “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.”

The statement continued: “The Baldoni and Wayfarer team has tried to put Taylor Swift, a woman who has been an inspiration for tens of millions around the world, at the center of this case since the first day. Exploit the celebrity of Taylor Swift was the original plan in the planning document of scenarios of scenarios of Melissa Nathanand continue until today. Given the obligation to justify themselves in a federal court, they surrendered. At some point they will run out of distractions of the true claims of sexual harassment and reprisals they face. ”

‘Us’ He contacted Baldoni and Swift for comments. Deadline He was the first to inform.

Earlier this month, Swift, who has a long -standing and public friendship with Lively, was summoned in the middle of the legal confrontation between the actress and Baldoni. Swift reacted to the news through its representative, who criticized the measure.

“Taylor Swift was never on the set of this film, she was not involved in any distribution or creative decision, she did not compose the music of the film, never saw an edition or comment on the film,” said the representative in a statement to ‘Us’. “He didn’t even see ‘It ends with us’ Until weeks after its public premiere, and was traveling around the world for 2023 and 2024 leading the biggest tour in history. ”

The spokesman said that the only swift connection with the film was the use of one of his songs in the trailer.

“The connection Taylor had with this movie was to allow the use of a song, ‘My Tears Ricochet’. Since his participation was to license a song for the movie, something also made by 19 artists,” the statement continued. “This citation of documents is designed to use the name of Taylor Swift to attract public interest creating clickbait of tabloids instead of focusing on the facts of the case ”.

The legal problems of Lively, 37, and Baldoni began in December 2024 when the actress of ‘Gossip Girl ‘ filed a lawsuit against his cost and director of ‘It ends with us’. Lively accused Baldoni, 41, of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment and orchestrating an alleged defamation campaign against him.

Baldoni vehemently denied the accusations. The actor contradicted Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynoldsand the publicist Leslie Sloane. In the demand of 400 million dollars, Baldoni accused the civil extortion group, defamation, invasion of privacy for false light and more. The trio has denied allegations. Lively and Reynolds have denied all the accusations and requested to dismiss the demand while Sloane asked to be removed.

The demands of Lively and Baldoni have not yet been resolved and a trial is scheduled for March 2026.