Taylor Swift, Hugh Jackman Might Be Subpoenaed in Blake Energetic, Justin Baldoni Case

• A supply tells PEOPLE that Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman might be subpoenaed within the ongoing authorized case between Blake Energetic and her It Ends with Us director and costar Justin Baldoni
• Swift and Jackman are longtime mates with Energetic and her husband Ryan Reynolds, and Swift is the godmother to their youngsters
• The case, Energetic v. Wayfarer Studios et al., is about to go to trial in March 2026

Blake Energetic and Ryan Reynolds’ well-known mates, Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman, might be served with subpoenas as a part of the It Ends with Us authorized battle, a supply tells PEOPLE.

“Anybody that had any information of this case can be subpoenaed, irrespective of of their movie star standing,” the supply says.

Nevertheless, one other insider says Swift and Jackman are “not aware about something happening,” including that claims they are going to be subpoenaed are “smoke and mirrors and making an attempt to distract from the allegations in opposition to Baldoni.”

PEOPLE is out to attorneys for each Energetic, 37, and Baldoni, 41, for remark, in addition to representatives for Swift and Jackman.

Jackman and Swift are each longtime mates of Energetic and Reynolds, 48, with the singer even serving as godmother to the couple’s 4 youngsters: James, 10, Inez, 8, Betty, 5, and Olin, 2.

Reynolds, Energetic, Jackman (who starred alongside Reynolds in Deadpool & Wolverine) and Swift have been noticed collectively on quite a few events, together with at NFL video games the place Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce was taking part in together with his staff the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.

In the meantime, the case between Energetic and Baldoni is about to go to trial in March 2026. Their authorized battle started in December 2024, when Energetic filed a lawsuit in opposition to Baldoni and others that alleged sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear marketing campaign.

“This wasn’t a call made on a whim — it was months within the making,” a supply instructed PEOPLE of Energetic earlier this month. “She knew there could be backlash, and he or she ready herself for a way mentally and emotionally tough it might be.”

The insider mentioned the One other Easy Favor actress has “no regrets” about suing Baldoni, including, “She will be able to’t undergo life figuring out she did not stand as much as one thing she believed was incorrect.”

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Baldoni, who has two youngsters together with his spouse Emily, has denied Energetic’s allegations and countersued her and Reynolds plus their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane’s PR agency Imaginative and prescient PR, Inc., for $400 million, alleging civil extortion, defamation and extra, which Energetic’s attorneys have known as “meritless.”

Among the many claims made in his 179-page criticism, Baldoni alleged that Swift and Reynolds pressured him into accepting certainly one of Energetic’s rewrites for It Ends with Us. (Christy Corridor is credited because the screenwriter who tailored Colleen Hoover’s blockbuster novel.)

Energetic has filed a movement to dismiss Baldoni’s countersuit, calling it “vengeful” and citing a California regulation prohibiting retaliation tied to public disclosures of sexual harassment.

Baldoni’s legal professional’s have requested the choose to disclaim her movement to dismiss; they’ve mentioned her authorized transfer was “abhorrent” and so they’ll intention to carry her “accountable for her actions of pure malice, which embrace falsely accusing my purchasers of harassment and retaliation.”

60 Minutes Australia aired a phase on April 13 that dived into Energetic and Baldoni’s ongoing authorized battle. This system interviewed crew member Talia Spencer, who described the Jane the Virgin alum as “one of many few administrators I’ve labored for that was type and respectful.”

“I really feel like perhaps Blake smelled his kindness, mistook it for weak point and tried to take benefit and take energy,” Spencer mentioned, of how she thinks the state of affairs between the pair developed on set.

When requested whether or not she thought the previous Gossip Lady star “wrestled management of the movie” away from Baldoni, Spencer replied, “I believe she tried to, sure.”

“Most likely, yeah,” she added, when requested if she felt like Energetic succeeded in that job. “I believe there was a large compromise when it comes to Justin’s unique imaginative and prescient for the movie.”

A consultant for Energetic didn’t reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark on the time.