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Process Server Arrested at Travis Kelce’s Home While Trying to Serve Taylor Swift in Baldoni–Lively Case

The arrest came days after a judge refused to extend the deadline to depose Swift following her lawyer’s refusal to appear voluntarily.

Overview

  • Leawood police detained 48-year-old Justin Lee Fisher around 2 a.m. on September 15 and charged him with jumping a fence at Kelce’s gated Kansas residence.
  • It remains unknown whether Fisher successfully served Swift with deposition papers before his arrest, according to reports citing court and police documents.
  • U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman denied Justin Baldoni’s team an extension to depose Swift, finding no good cause and noting they withdrew a May subpoena and showed no evidence of a renewed one.
  • Swift’s attorney, Doug Baldridge of Venable LLP, told the court she did not agree to a deposition and would only testify if legally compelled, asserting she has no material role in the dispute.
  • Swift was named in Baldoni’s roughly $400 million countersuit filings tied to his dispute with Blake Lively, and Fisher is scheduled to appear in Leawood Municipal Court on October 15.