Taylor Swift was summoned by the judicial case between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni

(CNN) – Taylor Swift has been cited in the case between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

Swift, an old friend of Lively, was mentioned for the first time in relation to the ongoing legal dispute between Lively and its director and co -star of It ends with us When it was revealed that text exchanges included the name “Taylor” as part of the defamation of 400 million dollars from Baldoni against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds in January.

One of the text messages included in Baldoni’s demand seems to show an exchange between Baldoni and Lively on the script of the film: “I love what you did. It really helps a lot. It makes it much more fun and interesting. (And I would have felt like this without Ryan and Taylor),” Baldoni wrote with a wink emoji. “You really have an incredible talent. I am very excited and grateful to do this together.”

A swift spokesman told CNN on Friday: “Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, he did not participate in any casting or creative decisions, he did not compose the soundtrack, he never saw an edition or took notes on the movie, he didn’t even see It ends with us Until weeks after its public premiere, and was traveling all over the world for 2023 and 2024 ″.

Taylor’s connection with this movie was to allow the use of a song, My Tears Ricochet. Since his participation was to license a song for the film, something that also made another 19 artists, this citation is designed to use the name of Taylor Swift and attract the attention of the public, creating a sensationalist clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case, the spokesman added.

Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and reprisals in a complaint initially presented to the California Civil Rights Department in December, before a lawsuit that was filed approximately one week later. He also said that Baldoni, along with his public relations representatives, orocated a “social manipulation campaign” to damage their reputation in the media while promoting It ends with ushis 2024 film, in the center of the dispute.

In a framed complaint filed in February, Lively alleged that other women also made claims about Baldoni’s behavior on the set.

Baldoni has denied accusations.

Together with Lively, Reynolds appears as accused in the demand for defamation of 400 million dollars that Baldoni presented in January.

Baldoni accused Reynolds of helping Lively to “kidnap” his film and ruin his career. He affirmed that Reynolds, who did not have a formal role in It ends with usrewrite a scene and made “changes not authorized to the script in secret.” Baldoni also accused Reynolds of reprimanding him in the couple’s house in New York and claimed that Reynolds made fun of him in Deadpool & Wolverineimitating the character of Nicepool in an attempt to make fun of him.

A lawyer from Reynolds filed a request to exclude him as accused in Baldoni’s lawsuit, claiming that his argument against Reynolds has no legal limits and is equivalent to “hurting feelings.”

CNN has contacted representatives of Lively and Baldoni to request comments.

The case trial is scheduled for March 2026.