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Court Strikes Possibly Defamatory Claims Over Taylor Swift Extortion

The judge overseeing the 'It Ends With Us' legal battle removed filings in the case relating to allegations that Lively's legal team threatened to release private text messages involving Swift.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman on Thursday struck from the court’s docket a letter from Bryan Freedman, representing Baldoni, accusingBlake Lively ‘s legal team of trying to extort Taylor Swift. In Thursday’s ruling, the court stressed that it has the authority to strike filings in the case that are “abusive” and “improper.” He said that the letter invites press uproar by suggesting that Lively and her lawyers attempted to extort a high-profile celebrity. Her involvement in the dueling lawsuits relates to an incident in which Lively invited the It Ends With Us director to her New York City home in 2023 to discuss changes to a rooftop scene at the beginning of the movie.

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