Justin Baldoni Withdraws Taylor Swift Subpoena in Blake Lively Legal Battle

Justin Baldoni's legal team has withdrawn the subpoena against Taylor Swift in his ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit with Blake Lively, who is a close friend of Swift. Lively's legal team expressed relief and praised the decision, describing the subpoena as a "harassing" and inappropriate attempt to involve Swift in the dispute. They accused Baldoni's team of exploiting Swift's celebrity to gain publicity and distract from the core allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. Baldoni's lawyer had previously claimed Lively's team tried to extort Swift into publicly supporting Lively, threats that were denied and later removed from the case by a judge who criticized the attempt to create public scandal. Swift's representatives have consistently denied her involvement in the film "It Ends With Us" beyond the licensing of her song, and her subpoena was widely viewed as a tactic for drawing media attention rather than a substantive legal move. Both Baldoni and Swift's teams have not issued further comments following the withdrawal, while Lively's team maintains a united front with Swift against the harassment claims.