Taylor Swift Subpoenaed in Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni Lawsuit? Team Blasts “Tabloid Clickbait”
Great, Taylor Swift’s name has to show up in yet another legal headache—this time tied to Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing courtroom tango. According to a May 2024 subpoena obtained by BuzzFeed, a courtroom fodder-seeking photographer-turned-plaintiff asked a Los Angeles judge to compel the pop star to cough up any emails, text messages, or DMs discussing alleged paparazzi harassment of Lively’s kids. The kicker? Taylor’s camp insists she never exchanged a word with photographer Jason Clift about the lawsuit, calling the whole thing “tabloid clickbait” (BuzzFeed; People).
Here’s the rundown, no sugarcoating: Blake Lively sued Clift in March, accusing him of illegally stalking her children and duplicitously selling pictures to gossip outlets. In April, Clift doubled down with a countersuit against both Lively and her husband, Justin Baldoni, alleging defamation over their public smackdown. Next thing you know, Clift’s lawyers carve out a broad subpoena, dragging Taylor Swift into the fray—despite zero evidence she’s involved beyond possibly buying People magazine issues. TMZ reports that Clift’s team justified the summons by claiming Swift’s commentary could illuminate paparazzi-tracking patterns. Sure, why not sprinkle in the biggest star on the planet to spice up a defamation dispute?
Taylor’s reps didn’t mince words. Within 48 hours, she filed a motion to quash the subpoena, labeling it “meritless” and “designed to generate headlines, not justice.” Her lawyers emphasized there’s no record of communication between Swift and the litigants, which makes your average Facebook chain letter seem rock-solid by comparison. (TMZ; The Hollywood Reporter).
As for Lively and Baldoni, insiders say they’re exasperated—first they contend with a high-profile kids’ privacy lawsuit, then their photographer nemesis tries to hijack Taylor’s DMs for credibility points. It’s a classic Hollywood legal Hail Mary: pull in a mega-celebrity, watch the clicks roll in, and hope you don’t get laughed out of the courthouse.
Will the judge buy Clift’s theory that Swift holds the missing piece to Lively’s case? Unlikely. But until the motion to quash is heard in June, expect every celeb-news cycle from Radar Online to Page Six to flog this “Swift subpoena” saga like it’s the next big trial of the century.
And there you have it—a lawsuit that kicked off with a mama bear suing a snap-happy shutterbug now wants Taylor Swift’s text logs. Nothing shocking here, folks. Let’s all act surprised.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine, BuzzFeed, TMZ
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