Taylor Swift is wrapped in a legal battle with a Hollywood movie as a backdrop

The entertainment world has been shaken this week by a controversy Made in Hollywod What mixes Cross accusations, friendships with superstars and a successful film: ‘It ends with us’ (‘break the circle’). In the center of the hurricane they are Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and, unexpectedly, Taylor Swift. What began as a work dispute after filming the film has resulted in a legal battle that gets more interesting.

The last bomb arrived this Wednesday, when Justin Baldoni’s lawyers, director and co -star of the film, presented to the court a letter in which They accuse Blake Lively to try to manipulate Taylor Swift to publicly defend her in her judicial confrontation. According to the document, Lively would have asked her friend That he deleted compromising text messages and, through his lawyer Michael Gottlieb, he would have pressed for Swift to make a public support statement. The most explosive insinuation suggested that, if the singer refused, Private messages of personal character could be filtered.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedmanargues that these alleged threats constitute “An attempt to intimidate and coerce a key witness in this litigation“Freedman ensures that information comes from”A highly reliable source”, Although it does not provide concrete evidence or identifies the person who would have witnessed or known these facts.

Lively’s legal team denies it

The reaction of Blake Lively Legal Team It was not long in coming. Michael Gottlieb described the accusations as “flatly false, cowardly and completely disconnected from reality”In a blunt statement, Gottlieb added: “We unequivocally denied all these supposed accusations, which come from anonymous sources and lack any evidence. This is what we expect from the lawyers of the opposite party: shoot first, without evidence and regardless of the damage they cause in the process. We will immediately present motions so that the Court holds these lawyers for their Mal praxis”

For its part, Taylor Swift’s environment has opted for silencealthough sources close to the artist have reiterated that She has no involvement in the dispute and that her only relationship with ‘It Ends With Us’ was authorizing the use of one of her songs in the soundtrack. “Taylor was never on the set, nor participated in the casting, nor did he see the final assembly before the premiere. She was just a friend who lent her music”, They insist from their team.

The original complaint

The background of this legal battle is as complex as media; Blake Lively denounced Baldoni in December 2024 for sexual harassment and reprisals during filmingalleging a Hostile work climate and a coordinated campaign to damage your image. Baldoni responded with a
Course of 400 million dollars, accusing Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, of defamation and try to snatch the creative control of the film. At the crossroads, both sides have presented hundreds of messages, emails and testimonies To support your versions.

Taylor Swift’s entry into the equation has raised the case to the category of Viral phenomenon. The simple fact that the singer has been summoned as a witness has generated headlines and speculation, although, according to Lively’s lawyers, it is a “I desperately try to attract media attention and divert the focus of the true accusations of harassment and reprisals”In fact, Lively has asked the court that eliminates any reference to swift from judicial documentsdescribing the maneuver of “unnecessary, inadmissible and abusive”