Taylor Swift Just Got 1 Step Closer to Testifying in Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni’s Lawsuit After Reports She’ll Be ‘Forever Furious’ at the Actress
A new update for Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively‘s legal battle just emerged, and it involves none other than Taylor Swift. The “Lover” singer agreed to be questioned by the It Ends With Us director’s legal team shortly after her album release.
Us Weekly reported that Baldoni’s team filed court documents to have Taylor Swift deposed during the week of of October 20 to 25. They noted the dates were determined due to Swift’s “preexisting professional obligations.” Swift is notably releasing her 12th album The Life of a Showgirl on Oct. 3.
Baldoni first subpoenaed Swift in May as part of the lawsuit Lively filed against him regarding alleged sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us. Swift was mentioned in the lawsuit after texts from the actress revealed that she had “dragons” who would protect her—referring to Swift and Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds. “I happen to have a few dragons. For better or worse, but usually for better,” the actress’s alleged text read.
A rep for Taylor Swift said in response, “Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see It Ends With Us until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history,” Swift’s rep said.
The rep continued, “The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ Given that her involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did, this document subpoena is designed to use Taylor Swift’s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case.”
Lively’s rep also responded to the subpoena being dropped in May, saying they were “pleased” with the decision. “The [Baldoni] team have tried to put Taylor Swift, a woman who has been an inspiration for tens of millions across the globe, at the center of this case since day one,” the rep said.
The legal battle caused strain between the former best friends. In June 2025, a source told Page Six Page Six that Swift “will forever be furious at how Blake quite clearly was using her for clout and leverage in her dealings with Justin,” noting that “she really hates that Blake would even think like that, let alone write the things she did in that text.”
The source continued, “The damage Justin did by revealing those texts—the ‘dragons’ text most especially, and by his initial subpoena, even though he dropped it—is lasting and probably permanent. The truth is, the text wasn’t even accurate. That’s not the kind of friendship they ever had—Taylor would never think of herself as Blake’s ‘dragon,’ or protector, or someone who would interfere on her behalf. For starters, Blake is a grown woman who doesn’t need anyone to do that for her. Secondly, she’s married to one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. It was never a matter of Taylor believing she’d ever have to fight any battles for Blake. For her to see Blake use her name in that context was really hurtful.”
Swift, who recently got engaged to Travis Kelce, didn’t receive a congratulatory message from Lively. “Blake didn’t reach out [following the engagement announcement] and isn’t going to,” a source told the Daily Mail on August 27. “This isn’t the time. What would be the point of reaching out now? It really makes no sense. [Lively] has bigger fish to fry.”
