Taylor Swift has been subpoenaed within the authorized battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Energetic amid the aftermath of the movie “It Ends With Us.”

A spokesperson for Swift denied any involvement with the movie in a press release to Selection past licensing her track “My Tears Ricochet” for use within the trailer and a scene: “Taylor Swift by no means set foot on the set of this film, she was not concerned in any casting or artistic selections, she didn’t rating the movie, she by no means noticed an edit or made any notes on the movie, she didn’t even see It Ends With Us till weeks after its public launch, and was touring across the globe throughout 2023 and 2024 headlining the most important tour in historical past.”

Swift’s subpoena pertains to Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit filed in January, which included textual content messages between Energetic and Baldoni, her co-star and director, by which the previous seems to allude to Swift as “one in all her dragons.” Within the swimsuit, filed towards Energetic and her husband Ryan Reynolds for $400 million, Baldoni alleged that the couple hijacked the movie and sought to destroy his public repute with false allegations and sexual harassment.

Whereas Swift was not named within the swimsuit, her first identify seems in a textual content message Baldoni despatched to Energetic and is believed to be the “megacelebrity buddy” referenced within the submitting. The texts concern a rooftop scene within the movie that Energetic had allegedly reworked within the script. The swimsuit states that Energetic summoned Baldoni to her penthouse in New York the place Reynolds and the “megacelebrity buddy” praised Energetic’s model of the scene. Baldoni’s legal professionals acknowledged that he “felt obliged to textual content Energetic to say that he had appreciated her pages and hadn’t wanted Reynolds and her megacelebrity buddy to strain him.”

“Additionally was engaged on rooftop scene at the moment, I actually love what you probably did. It actually does [help] rather a lot,” wrote Baldoni within the textual content message. “Makes it a lot extra enjoyable and fascinating. (And I might have felt that means with out Ryan and Taylor) You actually are a expertise throughout the board. Actually excited [and] grateful to do that collectively.”

Later, Energetic despatched a textual content that referred to Reynolds and one other individual whose identify is redacted as “absolute titans as writers and storytellers exterior of their main gig.” She additionally in contrast herself to Khaleesi, the dragon-controlling queen on “Sport of Thrones,” and steered that she has highly effective forces in her nook. “My dragons additionally shield these I combat for,” she wrote. “So actually all of us profit from these attractive monsters of mine. You’ll too, I can promise you.”

Swift’s spokesperson dismissed the subpoena as a bid to stir media consideration within the case. “Provided that her involvement was licensing a track for the movie, which 19 different artists additionally did, this doc subpoena is designed to make use of Taylor Swift’s identify to attract public curiosity by creating tabloid clickbait as a substitute of specializing in the information of the case,” stated the spokesperson.

Representatives for Baldoni didn’t instantly reply to Selection‘s request for remark.

Although Swift’s spokesperson denies her involvement within the movie, “It Ends With Us” actress Isabela Ferrer instructed Additional that Swift allegedly performed a component in getting her forged in it. She stated she “discovered later after she bought it” that Swift was a “useful a part of the method of the audition.”

The authorized battle between Energetic and Baldoni started in December when Energetic filed a letter with the California Civil Rights Division, claiming Baldoni sexually harassed her and engaged in a 2024 smear marketing campaign towards her. After the New York Occasions ran a report about it, Baldoni sued the publication for $250 million on New Yr’s Eve, accusing them of libel. Energetic then sued Baldoni for violating federal and California state regulation, which prompted Baldoni to file his $400 million swimsuit in January. Reynolds and Energetic each filed motions to dismiss the defamation swimsuit, arguing it’s retaliation for lodging a sexual harassment declare.