Blake Lively seeks protective order against Justin Baldoni's team over Taylor Swift communications

Blake Lively is seeking a protective bid against Justin Baldoni's squad successful effect to its alleged "demands" to entree Lively and Taylor Swift's backstage communications.

According to documents obtained by People, Baldoni's squad has "pursued [these communications] astatine the aforesaid clip they person refused to nutrient to Ms. Lively the documents they publically claimed to person received arsenic portion of a woody to retreat their subpoenas to Ms. Swift and her counsel." 

The document, filed by Lively's lawyer, Esra Hudson, said, "Good origin exists for this petition due to the fact that it has been a tactic" of Baldoni's "to marque Ms. Swift and her instrumentality basal cardinal to their media strategy against Ms. Lively."

A rep for Baldoni did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

TAYLOR SWIFT NO LONGER REQUIRED TO TESTIFY IN JUSTIN BALDONI'S LEGAL DISPUTE WITH BLAKE LIVELY

Taylor Swift was subpoenaed to attest successful the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni ineligible battle. (Getty Images)

A spokesperson for Lively told Fox News Digital, "Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer parties are inactive demanding entree to Taylor Swift’s backstage communications contempt having already subpoenaed and past withdrawn that subpoena aft they ‘got each they needed.’ 

"As reflected successful today’s filing, their intent to resistance Taylor Swift into this was evident arsenic acold backmost arsenic August 2024, erstwhile the situation PR steadfast led by Melissa Nathan included her successful their ‘Scenario Planning’ papers … and flagged the ‘TS fanbase’ arsenic thing to instrumentality ‘extremely seriously," the connection continued. 

"The ongoing attempts to erstwhile again effort and usage the world’s biggest prima arsenic a PR maneuver successful this substance reflects a nationalist unraveling of epic proportions and serves lone to distract from the information that Justin Baldoni’s lawsuits against Ms. Lively, Ryan Reynolds, their publicist and the New York Times person been wholly dismissed."

Swift was subpoenaed arsenic a witnesser successful the Lively-Baldoni dispute, but Baldoni's squad has withdrawn the request, Fox News Digital confirmed successful May. 

A root with nonstop cognition of the lawsuit told Fox News Digita astatine the time, "When accusation is voluntarily received, determination is nary request for subpoenas."

"The ongoing attempts to erstwhile again effort and usage the world’s biggest prima arsenic a PR maneuver successful this substance reflects a nationalist unraveling of epic proportions."

Representatives for Lively expressed support of the reversal astatine the time, saying they volition proceed to "stand up for immoderate 3rd enactment who is unjustly harassed oregon threatened successful the process."

"We are pleased that Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer Parties person withdrawn their harassing subpoenas to Taylor Swift and her instrumentality firm," Lively's squad said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "We supported the efforts of Taylor’s squad to quash these inappropriate subpoenas directed to her counsel, and we volition proceed to basal up for immoderate 3rd enactment who is unjustly harassed oregon threatened successful the process. 

"The Baldoni and Wayfarer squad person tried to enactment Taylor Swift, a pistillate who has been an inspiration for tens of millions crossed the globe, astatine the halfway of this lawsuit since time one.

Blake Lively is seeking a protective bid against Justin Baldoni's squad aft its alleged "demands" to entree Lively and Taylor Swift's communications. (Getty Images)

"Exploiting Taylor Swift’s personage was the archetypal program successful Melissa Nathan’s script readying document, and it continues to this day," the connection added. "Faced with having to warrant themselves successful national court, they folded. At immoderate point, they volition tally retired of distractions from the existent claims of intersexual harassment and retaliation they are facing."

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After Swift was subpoenaed May 10, a spokesperson for the popular prima denied her engagement successful the 2024 movie "It Ends With Us" speech from the licensing of her opus "My Tears Ricochet," which was featured successful the movie's trailer and utilized successful 1 scene.

After Swift was subpoenaed May 10, a spokesperson for the popular prima denied her engagement successful the 2024 movie "It Ends With Us," speech from the licensing of her opus "My Tears Ricochet," which was featured successful the movie's trailer and utilized successful 1 scene. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

"Taylor Swift ne'er acceptable ft connected the acceptable of this movie. She was not progressive successful immoderate casting oregon originative decisions. She did not people the film. She ne'er saw an edit oregon made immoderate notes connected the film. She did not adjacent spot ‘It Ends With Us’ until weeks aft its nationalist merchandise and was traveling astir the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest circuit successful history," Swift's typical told Fox News Digital astatine the time.

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"The transportation Taylor had to this movie was permitting the usage of 1 song, ‘My Tears Ricochet,'" the spokesperson added. "Given that her engagement was licensing a opus for the film, which 19 different artists besides did, this papers subpoena is designed to usage Taylor Swift’s sanction to gully nationalist involvement by creating tabloid clickbait alternatively of focusing connected the facts of the case."

Baldoni and Lively's legal fight is scheduled to spell to proceedings earlier a New York tribunal successful March 2026. 

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift during Game 4 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

On Thursday, Swift was spotted with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, astatine the 2025 Stanley Cup Final betwixt the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers successful Sunrise, Florida.

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Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.