Taylor Swift Allegedly Agreed to Be Deposed in Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Legal Battle

Taylor Swift has agreed to be deposed in Blake Lively‘s legal battle with Justin Baldoni, according to a letter filed on the docket by Baldoni’s lawyer and obtained by PEOPLE.

In a Sept. 11 letter to Lewis J. Liman, the U.S. District Judge overseeing the case, Blake Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, et al., Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman wrote that the Grammy winner, 35, “has agreed to appear for deposition” but is unable to do so until October 20 due to “Ms. Swift’s preexisting professional obligations.”

The “Cruel Summer” singer is releasing her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, on Oct. 3.

Freedman’s claim about Swift’s deposition was revealed in his letter objecting to Lively’s motion to modify the court’s case management plan and scheduling orders. “Ms. Lively misleadingly implies the Wayfarer Parties seek a blanket thirty-day extension of the discovery cut-off date,” wrote Baldoni’s lawyer

“In fact, the Wayfarer Parties requested an agreement solely to take the deposition of Taylor Swift during the week of October 20-25,” he continued. 

According to a court timeline of the case — which is scheduled to go to trial in March 2026 — all depositions are to be completed by Sept. 30.

Swift, whose song “My Tears Ricochet” was featured in the film, can only be deposed if the judge agrees to the requested extension.

Last December, Lively, 38, filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, 41, her It Ends with Us costar and director as well as his Wayfarer Studios colleagues, publicist and crisis PR team, alleging sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign after she spoke up about it, which they deny. 

Swift’s name was first mentioned in connection with the case in Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit alleging defamation and extortion, which was thrown out by Judge Liman in June four months after it was filed.

In his complaint, Baldoni claimed that Swift, 35, and Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, pressured him into accepting one of Lively’s rewrites for the film after he was summoned to Lively and Reynolds’s New York City apartment.

According to the documents, Baldoni subsequently texted Lively that while her changes made the scene “so much more fun and interesting,” he “would have felt that way without Ryan and Taylor.” Lively then allegedly wrote back and compared herself to Khaleesi, a character from the HBO Game of Thrones fantasy series, adding that Reynolds and Swift are her “dragons.”

Baldoni’s lawyers subpoenaed Swift in May, a move a rep for Swift blasted.

“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see It Ends With Us until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history,” a rep for the singer said.

The subpoena was withdrawn later that month. But sources say the friendship between Lively and Swift has cooled, with Swift feeling annoyed she was dragged into the legal battle. “Taylor and Blake aren’t speaking,” one source told PEOPLE in August.

Fans have also speculated that the song “Ruin the Friendship,” featured on Swift’s forthcoming album, may be about Lively. However, Swift revealed during her recent appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast that she recorded the album while on the European leg of her Eras Tour before she became embroiled in the It Ends With Us drama.

Reps for Swift, Lively and Baldoni did not immediately return requests for comment.