Overview

• According to a court letter from Justin Baldoni’s lawyers, Taylor Swift has agreed to sit for a deposition but cannot appear before October 20 due to preexisting professional obligations tied to her October 3 album release.
• Baldoni’s team asked the judge to modify the scheduling order solely to take Swift’s deposition during October 20–25, pushing past the current September 30 deposition cutoff.
• Blake Lively’s lawyers separately sought to move the deposition deadline to October 10, citing delays in document production, including Signal messages, and have scheduled depositions of Baldoni and co-defendants Steven Sarowitz and Jamey Heath in mid-to-late September.
• Swift is expected to be questioned about communications with Lively and any discussions related to conditions on the It Ends With Us set, after the court earlier allowed Baldoni’s team to obtain relevant messages between them.
• Key background includes the June dismissal of Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit, ongoing discovery under court supervision, and a trial set for next spring in federal court in New York.