Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman Could Be Subpoenaed in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's Legal Battle: Source (2025)

• A source tells PEOPLE that Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman could be subpoenaed in the ongoing legal case between Blake Lively and her It Ends with Us director and costar Justin Baldoni
• Swift and Jackman are longtime friends with Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, and Swift is the godmother to their children
• The case, Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al., is set to go to trial in March 2026

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' famous friends, Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman, could be served with subpoenas as part of the It Ends with Us legal battle, a source tells PEOPLE.

"Anyone that had any knowledge of this situation will be subpoenaed, no matter of their celebrity status," the source says.

However, another insider says Swift and Jackman are "not privy to anything going on," adding that claims they will be subpoenaed are "smoke and mirrors and trying to distract from the allegations against Baldoni."

PEOPLE is out to attorneys for both Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41, for comment, as well as representatives for Swift and Jackman.

Jackman and Swift are both longtime friends of Lively and Reynolds, 48, with the singer even serving as godmother to the couple's four children: James, 10,Inez, 8, Betty, 5, and Olin, 2.

Reynolds, Lively, Jackman (who starred ) and Swift have been spotted together on numerous occasions, including at NFL games where Swift's boyfriend Travis Kelce was playing with his team the Kansas City Chiefs.

Meanwhile, the case between Lively and Baldoni is set to go to trial in March 2026. Their legal battle began in December 2024, when Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and others thatalleged sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign.

"This wasn't a decision made on a whim — it was months in the making," a source told PEOPLE of Lively earlier this month. "She knew there would be backlash, and she prepared herself for how mentally and emotionallydifficult it would be."

The insider said the Another Simple Favor actress has "no regrets" about suing Baldoni, adding, "She can't go through life knowing she didn't stand up to something she believed was wrong."

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Baldoni, whohas two kids with his wife Emily, has denied Lively's allegations and countersued her and Reynolds plus their publicistLeslie Sloaneand Sloane's PR firm Vision PR, Inc.,for $400 million,alleging civil extortion, defamation and more, which Lively's attorneys have called "meritless."

Among the claims made in his 179-page complaint, Baldoni alleged that Swift and Reynolds pressured him into accepting one of Lively's rewrites for It Ends with Us. (Christy Hall is credited as the screenwriter who adapted Colleen Hoover's blockbuster novel.)

Lively hasfiled a motion to dismiss Baldoni's countersuit, calling it "vengeful" and citing a California law prohibiting retaliation tied to public disclosures of sexual harassment.

Baldoni's attorney's haveasked the judge to denyher motion to dismiss; they'vesaid her legal move was "abhorrent" and they'll aimto hold her "accountable for her actions of pure malice, which include falsely accusing my clients of harassment and retaliation."

60 Minutes Australiaaired a segment on April 13 that dived into Lively and Baldoni's ongoing legal battle. The program interviewed crew memberTalia Spencer, who described the Jane the Virgin alum as "one of the few directors I've worked for that was kind and respectful."

"I feel like maybe Blake smelled his kindness, mistook it for weakness and tried to take advantage and take power," Spencer said, of how she thinks the situation between the pair developed on set.

When asked whether she thought the former Gossip Girl star "wrestled control of the film" away from Baldoni, Spencer replied, "I think she tried to, yes."

"Probably, yeah," she added, when asked if she felt like Lively succeeded in that task. "I think there was a massive compromise in terms of Justin's original vision for the film."

A representative for Lively did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment at the time.