An alleged 'demand' Blake Lively made of her close friend Taylor Swift has been revealed.
Lively has been embroiled in a high-profile legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni since late last year, and Swift has seemingly been dragged into the mix.
It all started when Lively filed a suit against Baldoni in December 2024 alleging sexual harassment, which he has since denied.
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More suits have since been filed by both Hollywood actors and they're scheduled to go to trial next year.
In the midst of the ongoing back-and-forth between Baldoni and Lively, music star Swift has been mentioned by Baldoni in his filing.
In his suit he mentions text messages between Lively and a 'megacelebrity' named Taylor, who Baldoni's team later confirmed to NBC News was Swift.
According to the news outlet, one of Lively's texts to Swift read: "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. For better or worse, but usually better. Because my dragons also protect those I fight for. So really we all benefit from those gorgeous monsters of mine. You will too, I can promise you."
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Now, in a new filing by Baldoni's lawyers on Wednesday (May 14), they alleged that Lively asked Swift to delete their texts.
Apparently, the Gossip Girl alum 'demanded that Ms. Swift release a statement of support for Ms. Lively' and that if she refused to do so 'private text messages of a personal nature in Ms. Lively's possession would be released', ABC News reports.
"Lively requested that Taylor Swift delete their text messages," Baldoni's attorneys go on to claim in the new filing.
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Supposedly, a rep for the 14-time Grammy Award winning singer 'addressed these inappropriate and apparently extortionate threats in at least one written communication'.
The claims come from an unidentified 'source' who reportedly spoke to Baldoni's team.
In responses, Lively's lawyer Mike Gottlieb branded the new allegations as 'categorically false'.
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Gottlieb continued to tell ABC News in a statement: "We unequivocally deny all of these so-called allegations, which are cowardly sourced to supposed anonymous sources, and completely untethered from reality.
"This is what we have come to expect from the Wayfarer parties' lawyers, who appear to love nothing more than shooting first, without any evidence, and with no care for the people they are harming in the process. We will imminently file motions with the court to hold these attorneys accountable for their misconduct here."
UNILAD have approached representatives of Taylor Swift for comment.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's legal case timeline
- May 2023: Filming for It Ends With Us starring Baldoni and Lively begins
- August 2024: It Ends With Us arrives in cinemas
- December 2024: Lively accuses Baldoni of sexual harassment and goes on to file federal lawsuit against him
- January 2025: Baldoni files a countersuit against Lively and Ryan Reynolds for defamation
- February 2025: Baldoni creates website with timeline of events and amended complaint
- May 2025: Taylor Swift subpoenaed by Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman
- March 2026: Trial will begin
Topics: Blake Lively, Taylor Swift, Justin Baldoni, Celebrity, News
Niamh Shackleton