“The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, ‘My Tears Ricochet,’” the statement 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 Swift’s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case.”
Reps for Swift and Baldoni did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
Baldoni dragged Swift into the legal war in January, when he launched his $400 million countersuit for defamation against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, over their “It Ends With Us” drama.
In the legal docs, he alleged Lively, 37, weaponized her friendship with Swift as an attempt to take control of their 2024 film’s production.
The “Jane the Virgin” alum, 41, claimed, in a complaint obtained by Page Six, that one of Lively’s “famous and, famously close” friends praised one of Lively’s script rewrites regarding the rooftop scene when he was invited to her and Reynolds’ New York City penthouse.
Though he did not name the Grammy winner explicitly, he referenced her in a text about that evening.
“I really love what you did. It really does help a lot,” he wrote of the scene in question. “Makes it so much more fun and interesting. (And I would have felt that way without Ryan or Taylor).”
Lively allegedly described Swift and Reynolds as her “creative barometers” and “dragons” she was “lucky” to have in her corner.
“The message could not have been clearer. Baldoni was not just dealing with Lively,” said Baldoni’s attorney at the time.
“He was also facing Lively’s ‘dragons,’ two of the most influential and wealthy celebrities in the world, who were not afraid to make things very difficult for him.”
The legal mess allegedly caused a strain on Lively’s relationship with Swift, 35, who couldn’t “help but feel used” by her friend in the feud, a source told us in February.
Lively has since offered her gal pal a “genuine and heartfelt” apology, another insider claimed last month, and Swift is reportedly “ready to move forward” without any “hard feelings.”
In addition to Swift, a source told the Daily Mail last month that the couple’s other pal Hugh Jackman — who co-starred in Reynolds’ “Deadpool & Wolverine” last year — could also find himself pulled into the legal drama.
Lively launched the current war with the director in December 2024 when she sued Baldoni for emotional distress and lost wages.
She also claimed Baldoni and his crisis PR manager orchestrated a scheme to “destroy” her reputation.
