Blake Lively allegedly threatened to leak embarrassing private texts from Taylor Swift unless the pop star publicly backed her in her feud with co-star Justin Baldoni. This explosive revelation appears in a legal letter addressed to a judge by Baldoni's lawyers.
The court filing also alleges that Lively urged Swift to delete text messages between them during her escalating legal battle with Baldoni. Baldoni's lawyers maintain that their subpoena to Swift aims to obtain information related to 'witness tampering and evidence spoliation'.
The letter notes that Lively contacted Swift's lawyers and demanded Swift release a statement of support for Lively, intimating that private text messages in Lively's possession would be released if Swift refused. According to Baldoni's lawyers, Swift's attorneys purportedly addressed Lively's 'inappropriate and apparently extortionate threats' in a written communication.
Swift, whose song featured in the soundtrack of 'It Ends With Us', was pulled into the saga when Baldoni filed a $400 million countersuit accusing Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds of defamation. The friendship between Lively and Swift has reportedly soured amid the legal drama.
Travis Kelce has unfollowed Reynolds on Instagram, signaling a cooling of relations between the two couples. Swift is reportedly furious over being dragged into the case and feels betrayed by Lively.