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Justin Baldoni's claim against Taylor Swift in new £320 million lawsuit against Blake Lively

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Published 20:08 17 Jan 2025 GMT

Justin Baldoni's claim against Taylor Swift in new £320 million lawsuit against Blake Lively

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively are currently engaged in a legal battle

Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson

Justin Baldoni’s new £320 million lawsuit against Blake Lively has made a claim against Taylor Swift.

Baldoni and Lively have issued a few lawsuits against each other these past few months, with the Gossip Girl star initially filing her lawsuit back in December 2024.

In that complaint, Lively accused her It Ends With Us co-star of sexual harassment and partaking in a 'social manipulation' campaign against her.

She then filed another lawsuit against him - only this time, it was in federal court in New York.

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In response, Baldoni's lawyers called the allegations 'categorically false' and returned in kind with their own lawsuit.

In this new suit, the director is suing Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, their publicist, Leslie Sloane and her PR firm Vision PR on grounds of civil extortion, defamation and false light invasion of privacy - to name just a few.

Lively's legal team have since responded by claiming it is 'another chapter in the abuser playbook' and 'an attempt to turn the tables on the victim', while Baldoni's lawyers have said it is 'based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni'.

Baldoni's recent lawsuit also mentions a 'Taylor', and while not directly referred to as being Taylor Swift, his lawyer have since confirmed to NBC News that the Taylor in the lawsuit is indeed Swift - although she is not being sued.

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have sued each other (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have sued each other (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

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In his lawsuit, Baldoni claims that Reynolds and Swift had pushed for a rewrite by Lively of a scene in the movie, which was later revealed to be the scene on the rooftop where their characters Lily Bloom and Ryle Kincaid meet.

The complaint further claims that the director was 'hesitant' about the changes but nonetheless 'thanked Lively for her passion and diplomatically told her that the scene would likely end up being somewhere between the original version and Lively’s version'.

In the text of the suit, Swift is referred to as a 'megacelebrity friend', where Lively wrote to Baldoni in a text message that his response 'didn’t feel great for me. Or [another megacelebrity friend and Ryan Reynolds]. To have my passion praised instead of my specific contribution'.

Baldoni further claims that in her alleged text message, Lively referred to an earlier meeting with him, Reynolds and 'a famous, and famously close, friend of Reynolds and Lively', believed to be Swift, at the actor's New York penthouse where the two walked in and similarly 'began praising Lively’s script'.

Taylor Swift is the 'Taylor' mentioned in his text message, Baldoni's lawyers confirmed (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Taylor Swift is the 'Taylor' mentioned in his text message, Baldoni's lawyers confirmed (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Following this, Baldoni wrote to Lively: "Also was working on rooftop scene today, I really love what you did. It really hep [sic] a lot.

"Makes it so much more fun and interesting. (And I would have felt that way without Ryan and Taylor)” with a wink emoji."

In another alleged text message two days later, the Gossip Girl star responded thanking Baldoni for his feedback, adding: "I have no motives except for you to win. As a director. As an actor. As a studio. As a writer. If you win, I win."

She also allegedly compared herself to a Game of Thrones character and called the other two as her 'dragons'.

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LADbible has contacted Taylor Swift's reps for comment, and have previously contacted Lively and Baldoni's reps and Wayfarer Studios for comment.

Featured Image Credit: James Devaney/GC Images/Getty Images/Steph Chambers/Getty Images

Topics: Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively, Taylor Swift, Celebrity

Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson

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