Taylor Swift and even Marvel are now getting dragged into the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal battle. Here's the latest — and how we got here.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are entangled in a legal battle over what may or may have happened on the set of their Colleen Hoover adaptation It Ends With Us .

In May , Taylor Swift was officially dragged into the mess, with a subpoena for the artist to appear in court.

Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and a retaliatory campaign against her.

Baldoni denies all allegations and says the lawsuit is an attempt to damage his reputation.

On Jan. 16, 2025 , Baldoni and his team filed a lawsuit in New York federal court.

They accused Lively, her husband Reynolds and her publicist of defamation and other contract violations.

Swift's longtime law firm Venable is also being subpoenaed.

In March , Lively sought to have Baldoni 's lawsuit dismissed.

Baldoni also called out Reynolds’s Marvel movie for allegedly attempting to damage his reputation.

The character of Nicepool , portrayed by Reynolds but credited under the name “ Gordon Reynolds .” In the film Deadpool & Wolverine , Nicepool is an alternative version of Deadpool .