Will Taylor Swift be a witness in Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s trial?
taylor swift find yourself with It all ends with us The legal drama benefited from her relationship with Blake Lively ——But it will Justin Baldoni If the case goes to trial, will she be asked to testify?
Sources close to Baldoni’s legal team revealed US Weekly It’s “almost impossible for Swift, 46, to receive a subpoena.” The source added that the recently released text messages between the pop star and Lively, 38, “speak for themselves, so they don’t need her as a witness.”
US Weekly Baldoni and Lively’s teams have been contacted for comment.
Lively and Baldoni, 41, co-star in the film adaptation Colleen Hoover’s It all ends with usThe film will be released in August 2024. Lively later accused Baldoni, the film’s director, of sexual harassment and orchestrated a smear campaign against her in December of that year. Baldoni strongly denied the accusations and subsequently filed a countersuit, which was dismissed in June 2025.
Lively’s lawsuit is ongoing, with a trial currently scheduled for May. The document was unsealed on Tuesday, January 20, and was usrevealed various depositions, emails and text messages surrounding the legal case, including correspondence between Lively and longtime friend Swift, whose song “My Tears Ricochet” is featured in the film.
In December 2024, Lively allegedly called Baldoni a “bitch” who “knew something was going on because he pulled out his little violin” when talking about Lively’s next plans, along with a photo people The article is titled “Justin Baldoni reveals he was sexually traumatized by ex-girlfriend when he ‘wanted to save himself for marriage.'”
The text message was allegedly sent as Swift headed to a meeting with Lively and Baldoni at the Gossip Girl alum’s home, where both were present, to support a revised version of the script. After the alleged meeting, the two texted about how things went down, with Lively saying Swift was “so heroic today” and that she was “rehashing every moment” to her husband Ryan Reynolds.
Elsewhere in the documents, conversations between the two appear to confirm that the lawsuit caused a rift in their relationship.
“I have no reason to ask, but I don’t know [sic]I always feel that I should… Is everything okay? I’ve been feeling like a bad friend lately because I’m such a sad person and have only talked about my own stuff for months,” Lively wrote in a text message to Swift in early December 2024. “You have been so generous in not only being my go-to guy through this whole process, but also in getting me out of a hole I was so deep in.” “
Thanks to Swift, she’s all over the world journey of times Lively explained that she was “very busy and burdened” at the time, and she always hoped “if I did something unintentionally, there would be a chance to be a better friend.” She added that she “no longer” expects Swift “ever.”
Swift responded that Lively was “not wrong, but it’s not a big deal,” and agreed that she was “exhausted in every aspect of my life.” However, she did notice “a little bit of a shift” in the way Lively spoke to her.
“Yeah, there’s a lot of Justin [Baldoni] But I’ve been through this before and I know how draining it is,” Swift continued. “I feel really bad about it because your intentions with your text messages are so good, but your last few… it feels like I’m reading a massive company email sent to 200 employees. It feels bad to criticize in any way the way you’re dealing with what you’re going through, but I just kind of miss my funny, dark, normal-speaking friend who talked to me like herself. “
Lively said she didn’t “notice” until Swift “pointed out” that she had been texting, as if she were writing rather than speaking, and that she became “digitally paranoid” amid the ongoing lawsuit.
“On top of that, I overpackaged simple things because I felt so deeply misunderstood that I no longer trusted my own judgment,” Lively added. “I’m having an identity crisis with this damn guy and what he did to me. It’s legit.”
She noted that her biggest “fear” wasn’t Baldoni, but the friendships she’d lost during her legal battle.
“My lifelong friend — an ally to women — has quietly fallen,” she told Swift. “So I probably went too far with the friends who stayed because I’ve never felt so alone.”
Sources previously revealed us Regarding a possible rift between Swift and Lively in May 2025, it was revealed that the pair’s friendship is “not what it used to be.” That same month, Swift was subpoenaed in the case.
“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of the film, she had no involvement in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, and she never saw a cut of the film or took any notes on the film,” a rep for the singer told Us at the time. “She didn’t even see It all ends with us It wasn’t until weeks after its public release that he embarked on a global tour in 2023 and 2024, headlining the biggest tour in history. “
Taylor Swift called Justin Baldoni a “bitch” after he allegedly pulled out his “little violin” during a text exchange with Blake Lively. According to documents obtained by Us Weekly, Lively’s attorneys submitted a letter to Judge Lewis J. Leaman on Tuesday, January 20, showing text messages between Swift, 36, and Lively, 38. […]
The subpoena was dismissed in September 2025.
As for Lively, the actress’ attorney Sigrid Macaulay Tell us In a statement on Tuesday, she remained committed to the case because only “claims against the defendants” remained.
“The newly unsealed evidence contains never-before-seen testimony, information and evidence from numerous witnesses supporting the claims in Ms. Lively’s lawsuit,” McCauley continued. “The evidence includes Ms. Lively’s own testimony describing the harassment she faced, as well as new evidence from numerous women describing their own disturbing experiences. The newly disclosed evidence shows that the concerns of Ms. Lively and others were recorded in real time as early as the spring of 2023.”
