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Judge Slams Justin Baldoni’s Team Over Allegation Blake Lively Tried to "Extort" Taylor Swift

  • A federal judge warned Justin Baldoni's lawyers against certain legal tactics, stating these may promote scandal from unproven claims.
  • Bryan Freedman alleged that Blake Lively's legal team tried to extort Taylor Swift for a public statement, threatening to release personal messages if refused.
  • Judge Lewis Liman ruled that Freedman's accusations were improper and struck the letter from the court's docket, calling it potentially libelous.
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The judicial and media trifling between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni is far from coming to an end.On Thursday, the actor and director's lawyers accused Ryan Reynolds' wife of extorting her friend, singer Taylor Swift, to get her involved in her defense.The lawyers filed the complaint in a new court file, claiming that the actress threatened her friend to enter the battlefield.After Lively and Reynolds rejected a subpoena issued to Venable, th…

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
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