Will Taylor Swift be a witness in the trial of Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively?
Taylor Swift has discovered that she is connected to the It ends with us legal drama thanks to her friendship with Blake Lively – but will Justin Baldoni ask her to take the stand if the case goes to trial?
This is according to a source connected to Baldoni’s legal team We weekly that it would be “almost impossible to” serve Swift, 46, with a subpoena. The insider adds 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.”
We weekly has reached out to Baldoni and Lively’s team for comment.
Lively and Baldoni, 41, starred in the film adaptation of by Colleen Hoover It ends with usreleased in August 2024. Lively later accused Baldoni, who was also the film’s director, of sexual harassment and mounting a smear campaign against her in December. Baldoni vehemently denied the allegations and subsequently filed a countersuit, which was subsequently dismissed in June 2025.
Lively’s lawsuit is still ongoing and is currently scheduled to go to trial in May. Documents were unsealed and obtained by Usrevealed several statements, emails and text messages surrounding the lawsuit, including Lively’s correspondence with longtime friend Swift, whose song “My Tears Ricochet” is featured in the film.
While talking about Lively’s possible next steps in December 2024, the singer reportedly called Baldoni a “bitch” who “knows something’s coming because he got his little violin out,” with an accompanying lyric. People article titled “Justin Baldoni Reveals He Was Sexually Traumatized by an Ex-Girlfriend When He ‘Hoped to Save Myself for Marriage.'”
The text was reportedly sent as Swift was on her way to meet with Lively and Baldoni, who were both present at the Gossip Girl alum’s home, to endorse a revised version of the script. After the alleged encounter, the pair texted about how things were going, with Lively saying that Swift “was so epically heroic today” and that she was “recapitulating every moment” to her husband. Ryan Reynolds.
Elsewhere in the documents, a conversation between the pair seemingly confirmed that the lawsuit had caused a rift in their relationship.
“I have no reason to ask, but I don’t [sic]I feel like I should…is everything okay? I’ve been feeling like a bad friend lately because I was such a sad sack who only talked about my own stuff for months,” Lively wrote in a text message to Swift in early December 2024. “You were generous in not only being the key person to be there for me through all of this, but also letting me get away because I was so in it.”
Recognition of that Swift, who followed her worldwide Eras tour At the time, she was “busy and burdened,” Lively explained that she always wants “the chance to be a better friend when I’ve done something unintentional.” She added that she didn’t expect to see Swift again “ever.”
Swift responded that Lively “wasn’t wrong, but it’s not a problem either,” and agreed that she is “exhausted in every area of my life.” However, she did note that she “felt a little bit of a change” in the way Lively spoke to her.
“Yes, there has been a lot of Justin [Baldoni] things, but I’ve been through this kind of thing before and I know how exhausting it is,” Swift continued. “I feel really bad saying anything about this because your lyrics were so nice in design, but your last few… it felt like I was reading a massive corporate email sent to 200 employees. And it feels awful to be critical in any way about the way you process what you’ve been through, but I just kind of miss my funny, dark, normal-speaking girlfriend who talks to me as herself.
Lively said she only “noticed” it when Swift “pointed out” that she was texting as if she were writing, not talking, and that she had become “digitally paranoid” during the ongoing lawsuit.
“Plus, I spend too much time packaging simple things because I felt so deeply misunderstood that I no longer trust my judgment of myself,” Lively added. “This damn guy and what he did to me has given me an identity crisis. Legitimately.”
She noted that she wasn’t most “shocked” by Baldoni, but by the number of friendships she had lost during the legal battle.
“My lifelong friends — women allies — who were quietly in a slump,” she told Swift. “And so I’m probably overreacting to my friends who have stayed, because I’ve never felt so alone.”
A source said this earlier Us about a possible rift between Swift and Lively in May 2025, revealing that the pair’s friendship “isn’t what it used to be.” Swift was subpoenaed about the case that same month.
“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this film, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw any edits or took any notes on the film,” a rep for the singer told Us at the time. “She didn’t even see it It ends with us until weeks after its public release, and toured the world in 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history.
Taylor Swift called Justin Baldoni a “bitch” who took out his “little violin” in an alleged text conversation with Blake Lively. According to documents obtained by Us Weekly, Lively’s attorneys submitted a letter to Judge Lewis J. Liman on Tuesday, January 20, which initially detailed a text message between Swift, 36, and Lively, 38. […]
The subpoena was withdrawn in September 2025.
As for Lively, the actress’ lawyer Sigrid McCawley told Us in a statement Tuesday that she remains committed to the case as only her “claims against the defendants remain.”
“The newly released evidence includes never-before-seen testimony, messages and evidence from numerous eyewitnesses that support the claims made in Ms. Lively’s lawsuit,” McCawley continued. “The evidence includes Ms. Lively’s own testimony detailing the harassment she faced, as well as new evidence from numerous women describing their own disturbing experiences. The newly unsealed evidence shows that the concerns of Ms. Lively and others were documented in real time as early as the spring of 2023.”
