Justin Baldoni Lawyer Claims Blake Lively Tried to Strongarm Taylor Swift for Support in Feud

Taylor Swift’s camp has accused Blake Lively’s attorneys of attempting to pressure Swift into publicly supporting Lively in her dispute with Justin Baldoni. Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, claims that Lively’s team threatened to release Swift’s private text messages if she did not comply. Freedman alleges that Lively requested Swift to delete their text messages and that one of Lively’s attorneys, Michael Gottlieb, demanded a statement of support from Swift, implying that personal text messages would be made public if she refused. Freedman is seeking access to these alleged communications through a subpoena, citing them as evidence of witness intimidation. Taylor’s representatives have refuted the subpoena, asserting Swift’s minimal involvement in the conflict between Lively and Baldoni, which originated on the set of “It Ends With Us.” The rift between Blake and Taylor began when a text message surfaced where Lively referred to herself as Khaleesi from “Game of Thrones,” with her husband Ryan Reynolds and Taylor being her “dragons.” Taylor’s associates denied her ever being labeled as one of Lively’s “dragons.” Blake is attempting to block the Swift subpoena, while Michael Gottlieb has denied the allegations, calling them baseless and vowing to take legal action against the parties involved.