Taylor Swift, parents dine out in NYC amid Baldoni-Lively lawsuit claims

Taylor Swift donned a “Reputation”-esque ensemble arsenic the popstar and her parents dined retired successful downtown Manhattan Friday, 1 time aft she was named successful Justin Baldoni’s $400 cardinal lawsuit against her champion friends, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

The 35-year-old Grammy winner was a imaginativeness successful each black, sporting a cropped peacoat affixed with metallic chains, achromatic miniskirt, knee-high Chloe boots and a Jimmy Choo bag. She finished disconnected the look with Chanel earrings and her signature reddish lip.

Swift was photographed alongside her mom, Andrea, and begetter Scott, arsenic the trio headed into Nobu Downtown. According to People, the household was besides joined by the “Don’t Blame Me” singer’s longtime friend, stylist Ashley Avignone.

Taylor Swift is seen arriving to Nobu Downtown successful the Financial District of Manhattan connected Jan. 17, 2025 successful New York City. (Photo by Aeon/GC Images)

The sighting came a time earlier Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce,  was acceptable to look disconnected against the Houston Texans astatine Saturday’s location playoff crippled — and conscionable a time aft she was dragged into the ongoing feud betwixt Lively and Baldoni.

Just earlier Christmas, the “Gossip Girl” alum, 37, filed a ailment accusing her “It Ends With Us” manager and co-star of sexual harassment and engineering a retaliatory smear campaign.

On New Year’s Eve, she reiterated the claims successful a suit against Baldoni and his associates. The manager simultaneously sued The New York Times for $250 million, accusing the outlet of libel aft helium says they “cherry-picked” communications to enactment Lively’s claims successful a deep-dive exposé.

Earlier this week, Baldoni’s lawyer demanded Disney clasp onto communications astir the “Deadpool & Wolverine” quality Nicepool, who — similar Deadpool himself — was played by Reynolds successful the summertime blockbuster hit. Baldoni’s squad claims the quality was meant to parody and “bully” him.

Then connected Thursday, Baldoni filed a $400 cardinal national suit against Lively and Reynolds, arsenic good arsenic Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane, accusing the trio of aggregate offenses, including defamation, civilian extortion, penetration of privateness and interference with contractual relations.

Among the galore accusations, Baldoni claims Lively and her squad organized a strategy to instrumentality implicit originative power of “It Ends With Us.” He says helium felt pressured into acquiescing to her demands, citing her A-list associations.

While Swift herself is not being sued, Baldoni says the “subtext” of popstar’s beingness astatine a climactic gathering was intended to archer him that helium “needed to comply with Lively’s direction.”

Taylor Swift, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman

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From left, Taylor Swift, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman respond during the archetypal 4th of an NFL shot crippled betwixt the New York Jets and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, successful East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

In substance messages included successful the suit, Lively besides appears to notation to Swift and Reynolds arsenic her protective “dragons,” successful a “Game of Thrones” reference.

“I’m Khaleesi,” reads 1 substance Lively allegedly sent to Baldoni. “And similar her, I hap to person a fewer dragons … we each payment from those gorgeous monsters of mine.”

Lively has denied Baldoni’s allegations, qualifying his suit arsenic a communal maneuver that maltreatment experts notation to arsenic DARVO: “Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender.”

Swift has not commented connected the claims made successful Baldoni’s suit.