Blake denies pressuring Taylor team amid legal feud with Justin Baldoni

Blake Livelys legal team has unequivocally denied the claim made by Justin Baldonis lawyer about the actresss friendship with Taylor SwiftIn a letter to the judge Bryan Freedman an attorney for Baldoni explained why they believe their subpoena to Venable the law firm representing Swift is relevant in the caseFreedman claimed that a source who is highly likely to have reliable information alleged to them that there is evidence of Livelys lawyers pressuring Swifts lawyers to release a statement of support for the actress amid the Baldoni legal saga If they refused according to Freedmans claim Lively was willing to leak their text messages in what he called extortionate threats reported PeopleThere is currently no evidence to support the claims but Freedman stated that their subpoena seeks these communications to utilise in their case against LivelyHowever Mike Gottlieb an attorney for Lively said in a May 14 statement This is categorically false reported PeopleWe unequivocally deny all of these socalled allegations which are cowardly sourced to supposed anonymous sources and completely untethered from reality added GottliebThis 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 he said We will imminently file motions with the court to hold these attorneys accountable for their misconduct hereLively sued her It Ends With Us costar and director Baldoni in December 2024 alleging sexual harassment and retaliation He denied those claims filing a USD 400 million countersuit of his own accusing Lively and Ryan Reynolds of defamation and extortionAfter it was revealed that Swift had been issued a subpoena in the ongoing legal battle the singers spokesperson made a statement distancing Swift from It Ends With Us and the legal dramaTaylor 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 said her rep according to PeopleThe connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song My Tears Ricochet her rep continued 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 Swifts name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the caseLater Livelys spokesperson spoke out about the subpoena in a statement claiming Baldonis legal team is turning the case into entertainment for the tabloidsThis is a very serious legal matter not Barnum amp Baileys Circus The defendants continue to publicly intimidate bully shame and attack womens rights and reputations said Livelys spokesperson reported PeopleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params