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\n\tNo, Taylor Swift<\/a> has not \u201cagreed\u201d to sit for a deposition with Justin Baldoni<\/a>\u2018s lawyers as Blake Lively<\/a>\u2018s It Ends With Us<\/em> lawsuit moves closer to trial \u2014 but if the court allows a late notice of subpoena, she may have no choice, her lawyer said Friday.<\/p>\n \n\tIn a letter to the judge overseeing the high-profile celebrity dispute, Swift\u2019s lawyer, Douglas Baldridge, refuted the claim made by one of Baldoni\u2019s lawyers on Thursday that the \u201cBlank Space\u201d singer was ready and willing to sit for the examination. The Thursday letter from Baldoni\u2019s lawyer, Ellyn S. Garofalo, claimed Swift \u201chas agreed to appear for deposition but is unable to do so before October 20, 2025.\u201d The letter requested an extension of the discovery deadline to accommodate Swift\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAs counsel for the parties know, since the inception of this matter, we have consistently maintained that my client has no material role in this action,\u201d Baldridge wrote in his Friday letter filed in federal court in Manhattan. \u201cFurther, my client did not agree to a deposition, but if she is forced into a deposition, we advised \u2013 after first hearing about the deposition just three days ago \u2013 that her schedule would accommodate the time required during the week of October 20 if the parties were able to work out their disputes. We take no role in those disputes.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLively is suing Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios with claims of sexual harassment and retaliation. Swift was initially ensnared in the fight when Baldoni filed a dueling defamation lawsuit against Lively that included claims Swift was present during a pivotal meeting at Lively\u2019s Tribeca penthouse that involved Lively\u2019s efforts to make changes to the movie script.<\/p>\n \n\tIn a separate response letter on Friday, one of Lively\u2019s lawyers blasted Baldoni\u2019s camp for an \u201castounding\u201d lack of respect for \u201cSwift\u2019s privacy and schedule.\u201d The lawyer urged the court to deny Baldoni\u2019s request for the late deposition.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe Wayfarer defendants have repeatedly sought to bring Ms. Swift into this litigation to fuel their relentless media strategy. In this latest effort, the Wayfarer defendants assert \u2013 though, notably, without evidence \u2013 that Ms. Swift has supposedly \u2018agreed\u2019 to sit for a deposition sometime between October 20-25, some three weeks after the close of fact discovery in this matter,\u201d Lively\u2019s lawyer Michael J. Gottlieb wrote in his opposition.<\/p>\n