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Evening Standard
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Sami Quadri

Blake Lively accused of trying to 'extort' Taylor Swift in explosive legal battle

Blake Lively has been accused of attempting to extort Taylor Swift by threatening to release personal text messages, according to a court filing made by a lawyer representing actor Justin Baldoni.

The explosive claim, which has since been struck from the court record for being “inflammatory” and “irrelevant”, is the latest twist in a bitter legal battle between Lively and her former It Ends With Us co-star.

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