Taylor Swift’s authorized workforce is looking for to reject Justin Baldoni’s subpoena amid his ongoing authorized battle with Blake Vigorous.
In response to authorized paperwork obtained by Billboard on Tuesday, Might 13, the authorized agency representing Swift, 35, labeled the subpoena “an abuse of the invention course of” in a authorized movement filed on Monday, Might 12. (The agency, Venable, was subpoenaed alongside Swift on April 29 as a part of Baldoni and Vigorous’s It Ends With Us authorized drama, per particulars revealed in Venable’s movement.)
Venable’s submitting, which proposed that Baldoni, 41, subpoenaed Swift, an in depth buddy of Vigorous, 37, to take warmth off his authorized case, learn, “Venable had nothing to do with the movie at difficulty or any of the claims or defenses asserted within the underlying lawsuit. There is no such thing as a purpose for this subpoena apart from to distract from the info of the case and impose undue burden and expense on a non-party.”
Venable’s movement comes after a consultant for Swift slammed Baldoni’s attorneys in a press release to Us Weekly on Friday, Might 9. “Taylor Swift by no means set foot on the set of this film, she was not concerned in any casting or artistic choices, she didn’t rating the movie, she by no means noticed an edit or made any notes on the movie,” the assertion learn. “She didn’t even see It Ends With Us till weeks after its public launch, and was touring across the globe throughout 2023 and 2024 headlining the largest tour in historical past.”
Taylor Swift has been subpoenaed in Blake Vigorous and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing authorized battle, however a consultant for the singer has slammed the attorneys for involving her consumer. “Taylor Swift by no means set foot on the set of this film, she was not concerned in any casting or artistic choices, she didn’t rating the movie, […]
Baldoni — who directed and starred reverse Vigorous in 2024’s It Ends With Us — and Vigorous’s authorized battle went public in December 2024 when Vigorous filed a sexual harassment lawsuit towards him. Baldoni filed a $400 million countersuit, which additionally focused Vigorous’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist Leslie Sloane. Vigorous, Baldoni and their authorized groups have vehemently denied one another’s accusations.
In Venable’s movement, additional particulars into Baldoni’s subpoena had been additionally unveiled, together with his request for all communications between Swift and Vigorous, in addition to Swift and Reynolds, 48, and the couple’s authorized workforce, per Billboard. Venable claimed that Baldoni ought to have sourced the communications from Vigorous and Reynolds straight.
Blake Vigorous and Justin Baldoni in January 2024 Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Photos
Swift’s involvement in It Ends With Us was outlined in her lawyer’s assertion to Us on Might 9. “The connection Taylor needed to this movie was allowing using one tune, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ Provided that her involvement was licensing a tune for the movie, which 19 different artists additionally did, this doc subpoena is designed to make use of Taylor Swift’s title to attract public curiosity by creating tabloid clickbait as a substitute of specializing in the info of the case.”
Final week, a lawyer for Vigorous, Mike Gottleib, criticized the thought of Swift and Reynolds being subpoenaed by Baldoni throughout an interview with Individuals. “It is a case about what occurred to Blake Vigorous when she raised claims of sexual harassment on the set,” he stated in an article revealed by the outlet on Might 8. “It’s not a case about how songs had been chosen for the film. It’s not a case about fictional Marvel characters in Deadpool motion pictures.” (In January, Baldoni additionally accused Reynolds of basing the Deadpool & Wolverine character “Nicepool” on him, requesting that Disney and Marvel Studios “protect all present paperwork and knowledge related,” and all docs “regarding or reflecting deliberate try and mock.”)
Gottleib continued, “You need to ask the query … why are these individuals being subpoenaed? Have they got any precise relevance to the case at hand? You may’t simply go round subpoenaing individuals as a result of they’re well-known and also you suppose it can generate a bunch of headlines. And the federal courts don’t tolerate that type of habits.”
Blake Vigorous’s attorneys are reportedly looking for entry to Justin Baldoni’s monetary information within the newest chapter of their prolonged authorized battle. TMZ stories that Vigorous’s authorized workforce are asking Baldoni and his firm Wayfarer Studios to show they misplaced the $400 million they’re looking for of their defamation lawsuit towards the It Ends With Us […]
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman responded to Gottlieb’s feedback in a subsequent assertion. “Though clearly uncomfortable for the Vigorous events, the reality just isn’t a distraction,” Freedman wrote. “The reality has been clearly proven by way of unedited receipts, paperwork and actual life footage. Extra to return. Blake was the one who introduced her high-profile associates into this example with out concern for their very own private or public backlash. As the reality exhibits, she used her Dragons to control Justin at each flip.”
In a March difficulty of Us, a supply solely shared that Swift “wasn’t pleased with being introduced into the authorized mess.” Us additionally revealed on Monday that Vigorous and Swift’s relationship is now “strained,” with the friendship proving “not what it was” as Swift retains her distance from the actress.