Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman are among those who could be subpoenaed as part of the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, according to reports.
The celebrities are close friends of Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
People reports that a source with knowledge of the case claimed: “Anyone that had any knowledge of this situation will be subpoenaed, no matter of their celebrity status.”
However, the same publication also quoted an insider who disputed the idea, arguing that neither Swift nor Jackman are “privy to anything going on” and claiming that the suggestion they could be involved is a form of “smoke and mirrors... trying to distract from the allegations against Baldoni.”
The Independent has approached representatives for Lively, Baldoni, Swift and Jackman for comment.
Swift is a longtime friend of Lively’s, and the pop superstar is godmother to the four children she shares with Reynolds.
Jackman starred with Reynolds in Deadpool & Wolverine, and the two share a long-running friendship that previously took the form of a joke feud. All five stars have been seen together in public on several occasions, including attending NFL games to watch Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce.
Baldoni and Lively, who starred together in 2024’s It Ends with Us, are involved in a number of legal actions related to her claim that she was sexually harassed by the director, and his claim that she and Reynolds attempted to destroy his career.
Lively filed her initial suit against Baldoni in December 2024, accusing the director of sexual harassment during filming and organising a “smear campaign” against her in the months that followed.
Baldoni has denied the accusations and filed a countersuit on 16 January, accusing Lively and Reynolds of civil extortion, defamation, invasion of privacy, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, intentional interference with contractual relations, interference with prospective economic advantage, and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage.
His lawyers have also accused Reynolds of mocking Baldoni through the “Nicepool” character in his recent movie Deadpool & Wolverine.
Swift was previously referenced in the legal action after it emerged that Lively had made her own edit to a pivotal rooftop scene in It Ends With Us. Text messages included in Baldoni’s suit appear to show a conversation between the two about these changes.
“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 and Taylor),” Baldoni said in one message, adding a wink emoji. “You really are a talent across the board. Really excited and grateful to do this together.”
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