Judge Denies taylor swift Deposition in Blake lively-Justin Baldoni Case

To paraphrase Taylor Swift‘s ‘Blank Space,’ the superstar had a day that was a bit of a nightmare dressed like a legal dream with Justin Baldoni.

Now, just over 24 hours after the It Ends With Us director/star sought once again to drag Swift into his seemingly never-ending docket drama with Blake Lively, the federal judge overseeing the case has put the boots to any deposition from the newly engaged Eras Tour performer. At the same time,Judge Lewis Liman delivered a win to Lively. The Another Simple Favor star was granted a 10-day extension on depositions for Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios co-founders Steve sarowitz and Jamey Heath as the discovery process moves into its final weeks.

“The Wayfarer Parties have filed a response opposing Lively’s request and seeking their own extension of the deposition deadline to the end of October for the purpose of scheduling deposition of non-party Taylor Swift,” the esteemed sibling of director Doug Liman wrote in a four-page order filed just now.

“the Wayfarer Parties contend that their requested extension is necessary because Swift’s preexisting professional obligations now prevent her from being deposed within the current discovery window,” he added, summarizing the effort to skip over Swift’s October 3rd release of her new The Life of a Showgirl album and have her sit for questioning by lawyers sometime between October 20 and 25.

as he has in the past, Judge Liman cut to the chase:

“The Wayfarer parties’ request is denied.”

2025/09/13 00:17:01