Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman to be subpoenaed this week as Blake Lively’s toxic legal spat with Justin Baldoni takes new turn

Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman look set to be subpoenaed this week in the latest awkward turn of events in the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

The A-listers were dragged into the increasingly toxic melee earlier this year after Lively, 37, filed a lawsuit against her It Ends with Us costar in December, accusing him of sexual harassment and creating a ‘hostile work environment on set.’

Baldoni, 41, retaliated with his own $400 million filing against the actress, along with her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, accusing them of trying to tarnish his reputation. The rancorous back-and-forth is scheduled for a trial on March 29, 2026. All parties have denied the allegations.

Now, a source has told DailyMail.com that Jackman and Swift – who has not been seen with her best pal Lively since she was hauled into the mess – will most ‘definitely be served this week.’

‘It could happen at any time,’ they said.

It is the latest development after DailyMail.com revealed Lively had quietly filed a lawsuit in September, months before her legal war with Baldoni became public, in an apparent effort to get access to damning text messages from his publicist.

The filing allowed her attorneys to issue a subpoena for the embarrassing texts and then drop the lawsuit, all without Baldoni’s team knowing it even existed.

Swift has been waiting for a subpoena. The singer, alongside Reynolds, were referred to as Lively’s ‘dragons’ in screenshots of alleged text messages from the actress to Baldoni in his countersuit, filed in January.

The actor accused Lively of enlisting the Cruel Summer singer to ‘pressure’ him into letting her rewrite the script for It Ends With Us.

One alleged message reads: ‘If you ever get around to watching Game Of Thrones, you’ll appreciate I’m Khaleesi, and, like her, I happen to have a few dragons. For better or worse, but usually for better. Because my dragons also protect those I fight for. So really, we all benefit from those gorgeous monsters of mine. You will too, I can promise you.’

The singer’s music also became a part of the legal tussle after Baldoni claimed Lively leveraged her friendship with the Grammy-winner to make sure her demands were met.

According to the actor’s lawsuit, Lively threatened to withhold approval of the film trailer if she did not get extra time working on a cut of the movie with her own personal editor.

He claimed Lively threatened to ‘change her mind’ about reaching out to Swift to secure the use of her hit 2020 track My Tears Ricochet.

The track, which is from Swift’s Folklore album, was eventually used in the trailer.

An alleged text exchange with a Sony executive and included in Baldoni’s lawsuit read: ‘Blake is calling Taylor to approve the song. She of course just reached out saying she is asking for time with [REDACTED] her editor. We know it was conditional on signing contract – but asking if you will reconsider – so [REDACTED] can release this trailer and Blake does not change her me re calling Taylor Swift.’

Baldoni noted in his complaint that they agreed to her demands in order to move forward as planned. The exchange allegedly took place in May 2024.

Although not named in the lawsuits, Jackman is believed to have key insight into best friend Reynolds’ involvement in the case.

The duo starred together in the Marvel smash hit Deapool and Wolverine, which Reynolds also co-wrote. Filming kicked off in May 2023, around the same time that It Ends With Us was in production.

The film features Nicepool a character whom many have taken to be a joke at Baldoni’s expense.

Nicepool sported a man bun – a style worn by Baldoni in the past – and had dialogue referencing an affinity for social activism, another apparent nod at the actor.

He also made comments about Lively’s Ladypool character and her pregnancy which some took as another obvious reference to Baldoni.

A source previously told DailyMail.com: ‘It’s unlikely Hugh wasn’t aware of this.’

They continued: ‘Not only this, but Hugh helped promote It Ends with Us in the same way that Taylor did when they did their group shot for the cross-promo with Deadpool. The timing of the premieres is also no coincidence.’

Jackman supported It Ends With Us by attending the movie’s New York City premiere.

If they are deposed, Swift and Jackman will be sworn in to answer questions under oath. Their answers will be recorded by a court reporter.

Depositions are part of the pre-trial discovery process, where witnesses are questioned under oath.

Jackman jokingly took a swipe at Reynolds during his gig at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Friday night.

In video exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, Jackman said he had the ‘time of my life’ shooting Deadpool and Wolverine, but added that his ‘one little gripe’ was being left out of the film’s musical number.

‘Don’t tell Ryan,’ the Greatest Showman star joked.

The friendly dig appears to show their friendship has survived the highly publicised legal roller coaster, unlike Lively and Swift.

The pair, who were last pictured together in October on a double date with Reynolds and Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce in Manhattan, are not believed to be on talking terms.

Swift and Lively have been friends for a decade. The singer is godmother to her daughters James, 10, Inez, eight, and Betty, five.

Swift’s song Betty includes the names of the three girls and they have been to see the superstar in concert.