Justin Baldoni is about to expose his A-list pals, Taylor Swift and Blake Lively, in a messy legal battle with his Seraph of the End co-stars.
The actor objects to public figures like Swift and Ryan Reynolds having their names redacted in his and Blake Lively’s legal battle, according to documents obtained by TMZ on Tuesday.
Mr. Baldoni on Monday objected to Mr. Lively’s request to conceal the identities of the A-listers involved in the legal battle.
Ms. Lively specifically referred to her husband, Ryan Reynolds, as an “innocent third party” in her and Mr. Baldoni’s ongoing lawsuit.
Baldoni’s lawyers later argued that “none of[Lively’s]requests meet[the court’s]high standards for sealing at this stage.”
Regarding Reynolds in particular, attorneys for the “Jane the Virgin” alum pointed out that Lively’s husband was involved in the production of “It Ends with Us,” from rewriting scenes to confronting Baldoni over body-shaming comments.
Ms. Baldoni’s lawyers argued Monday that Ms. Lively’s attempts to seal her records were meant to preserve the public image of her A-list friends, and that Ms. Lively had reportedly “recruited counsel on her behalf against the Wayfarer parties attempting to hijack the film.”
They pointed out that the identities of potential witnesses, including Swift, Hugh Jackman, Emily Blunt and America Ferrera, have already been made public, and called for the majority of Lively’s seal requests to be denied.
Representatives for Baldoni, Lively, Reynolds and Swift did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
Swift first became embroiled in the Lively-Baldoni feud in January 2025, when the former host of the podcast “Man Enough” filed a countersuit against the “Gossip Girl” alum.
Baldoni’s filing included text messages that referenced moments when she felt “pressured” by Reynolds and Swift, whom Baldoni called her protective “dragons,” to respond positively to Lively’s rewritten scenes.
“The message could not be clearer,” Baldoni’s lawyers wrote last year. “Baldoni wasn’t just dealing with Lively; he was also dealing with Lively’s ‘dragons,’ two of the most influential and wealthy celebrities in the world, who were unafraid to make things very difficult for him.”
He filed a lawsuit accusing Lively of defamation and extortion, which was dismissed in June 2025.
Lively’s lawsuit, which alleges sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and lost wages, is ongoing and scheduled for trial on May 18, 2026.
But her close friendship with Swift took a turn.
“They had no communication,” a source told Page Six in October 2025, but Swift continued to participate in the lawsuit as recently as last month.
In December 2025, Page Six obtained Baldoni’s deposition. The testimony references a message Baldoni sent to a friend in which Lively exploited a “Taylor Swift scenario” by “playing the victim” over their feud on “It Ends With Us.”
“If she doesn’t promote the movie, she could reveal that I’m a bad person or that she feels unsafe for me and everything she has for me,” Baldoni wrote. “Then she becomes the victim. So she can demand whatever she wants, because she knows that I know.”
During his deposition, he recalled the “spin” as “someone small in the industry … dealing with giants like Ms. Lively and some of her best friends, some of the most powerful people in the world.”
Swift was subpoenaed as a witness in May 2025, but the subpoena was withdrawn the following month.
The pop star has not “agreed” to step down, but has provided a date in September 2025 that he could attend if he is “forced to leave.”
