Judge Dismisses Justin Baldoni Claims Against Blake Lively Over Taylor Swift

In the ongoing legal battle involving Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively over the film 'It Ends With Us,' Baldoni's legal team alleged that Lively pressured Taylor Swift to publicly support her in the dispute and threatened to release private communications if Swift did not comply. These claims, based on an anonymous source, included accusations of extortion and attempts to delete past text messages between Lively and Swift. However, Blake Lively's legal team strongly denied the allegations, labeling them as baseless, defamatory, and an abuse of the court's docket intended to generate public scandal. Judge Lewis J. Liman swiftly struck Baldoni's attorney Bryan Freedman's letter and affidavit from the court record, deeming the filings improper, irrelevant to the case, and a misuse of the federal court system to promote scandal. The judge cautioned that future misuse of the court docket could result in sanctions, effectively shutting down the attempt to involve Taylor Swift in the litigation. Swift herself has remained publicly uninvolved, with her representatives distancing her from the legal disputes.