Taylor Swift subpoenaed as witness in Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni legal war: report

Who’s afraid of a little old courtroom?Taylor Swift has reportedly been subpoenaed in Blake Lively’s high-profile legal battle against her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni.Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, fired off the request for the international pop star, 35, to be a witness in the ongoing legal war, according to TMZ.Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, 41, in December, claiming he allegedly sexually harassed her on the film’s set and then spearheaded a smear campaign against her.The filmmaker denied the accusations and countersued Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, for $400 million, accusing the couple of defamation, civil extortion, false light invasion of privacy, and more, which they, too, denied.Swift’s name came up several times in Baldoni’s lawsuit.The “Bad Blood” singer has a tight friendship with the famous couple, so tight that she’s the godmother of Lively and Reynolds’ three daughters.He claimed that Swift was at the couple’s New York penthouse for a pivotal meeting after Lively rewrote the famous “It Ends With Us” rooftop scene.In the lawsuit, Baldoni alleged the conversation got heated, and he felt ambushed.He also claimed that Lively tried to use her relationship with the Grammy winner to intimidate him.

After the meeting, Baldoni included an alleged text conversation between him and Lively in the legal documents.“I really love what you did.It really does help a lot.

Makes it so much more fun and interesting.(And I would have felt that way without Ryan or Taylor),” Baldoni wrote to the actress, which he later claimed in the suit that he felt “obligated” to say.In an alleged text message to Baldoni, Lively called herself Khaleesi from “Game of Thrones” and referred to Reynolds and Swift as “my dragons,” per the filing.“If you ever get around to watching Game of Thrones, you’ll appreciate that I’m Khaleesi, and like her, I happen to have a few dragons.

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