With Blake Full of life and Justin Baldoni’s trial of the century quick approaching, there was one query on Swifties’ minds: Will Taylor Swift testify? Effectively, after months of stories over her shocking affiliation to the case, followers might lastly have their reply.
Will Taylor Swift testify in Blake Full of life and Justin Baldoni’s trial?
Full of life’s lawyer, Mike Gottlieb, recommended to Folks in Could 2025 that it’s unlikely Swift—or different celebrities related to the case like Hugh Jackman—might be referred to as to testify as a result of the trial, finally, is about what occurred between Full of life and Baldoni.
“It’s fully unclear what claims or defenses within the case any of those celebrities… have any relevance to in any respect,” he mentioned. “This can be a case about what occurred to Blake Full of life when she raised claims of sexual harassment on the set. It’s not a case about how songs have been chosen for the film. It’s not a case about fictional Marvel characters in Deadpool motion pictures.”
He continued, “You need to ask the query, then, why are these folks being subpoenaed? Have they got any precise relevance to the case at hand? You’ll be able to’t simply go round subpoenaing folks as a result of they’re well-known and also you suppose it’ll generate a bunch of headlines. And the federal courts don’t tolerate that form of conduct.”
Whereas it’s unlikely that Swift and Jackman will testify, Gottlieb confirmed that each Full of life will take the stand. “Sure,” Gottlieb mentioned when requested if Full of life will testify. “The final word second for a plaintiff’s story to be informed is at trial. We count on that to be the case right here [with Lively]. So we’d, in fact, count on her to be a witness at her trial. In fact she’s going to testify.”
As for Full of life’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, who co-starred with Jackman in 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine and wrote a scene for It Ends With Us, Gottlieb was not sure if he would testify. Reynolds is at present named as a defendant in Baldoni’s countersuit, although Full of life’s workforce is working to get these claims dismissed.
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, pushed again towards Gottlieb suggesting that Swift and Reynolds shouldn’t testify. “Though clearly uncomfortable for the Full of life events, the reality shouldn’t be a distraction. The reality has been clearly proven via unedited receipts, paperwork and actual life footage. Extra to return,” Freedman informed Folks. “Blake was the one who introduced her high-profile mates into this example with out concern for their very own private or public backlash. As the reality reveals, she used her Dragons to control Justin at each flip.”
He continued of Reynolds, “Ryan’s involvement could be very nicely documented and we proceed to find extra intentional misconduct. Was Disney really complicit in Ryan utilizing shareholder revenues to additional a private grudge? I’d be shocked to be taught that any such company waste wouldn’t result in rather more publicity for these which were complicit in affecting shareholder income.”
The replace as to whether Swift would testify comes months after TMZ reported that Swift felt utilized by Full of life in her authorized battle together with her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni. In line with court docket paperwork, Full of life , Reynolds, and Baldoni met at Full of life and Reynolds’ New York Metropolis penthouse whereas filming It Ends With Us in 2023 to debate a scene that Full of life had rewritten. In accordance Baldoni’s lawsuit, Swift arrived in the midst of the assembly and “started praising Full of life’s script.” The lawsuit continued, “Baldoni understood the subtext: he wanted to adjust to Full of life’s course for the script.”
In line with TMZ, Swift was unaware that anybody can be at Full of life and Reynolds’ residence and solely arrived when Full of life informed her to. The supply claimed that Baldoni was nearly to depart the two-hour assembly when Swift arrived. Per the insider, Swift launched herself to Baldoni for the primary and solely time. The supply additionally alleged that each one Swift informed Baldoni was how excited she was to see It Ends With Us as a result of he was her pal’s director.
One other insider informed TMZ that Swift believes Full of life timed her assembly with Baldoni so she would arrive earlier than he left. The supply additionally reported that Swift was confused by Full of life referring to her as her “dragon.” “It’s bizarre to say that a few pal,” the insider mentioned. TMZ additionally claimed that Swift lately discovered that Full of life has been leveraging her identify for some time and informed a younger actress that Swift “forged her” in a venture, which didn’t occur.
A supply informed Folks in April 2025 that Swift and Full of life’s relationship is on the mend, which can clarify why Full of life’s authorized workforce is making an attempt to keep away from having Swift testify.
“Blake knew she and Taylor would come again from this in some unspecified time in the future and that their friendship wasn’t completed for good,” a supply informed the journal on the time. “Taylor was actually harm by this example, so she’s relieved they have been in a position to get better from this and put all of it behind them as a result of it wasn’t one thing she took evenly.”
