{"id":1877863,"date":"2026-04-11T19:53:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1877863"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:53:42","slug":"justin-baldoni-claims-blake-lively-put-taylor-swifts-cookie-recipe-in-trial-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1877863","title":{"rendered":"Justin Baldoni Claims Blake Lively Put Taylor Swift&#8217;s Cookie Recipe in Trial Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fd\/16by9\/2026\/04\/11\/fd5dd73ea9174f38b81084bb66933ded_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Justin Baldoni Claims Blake Lively Put Taylor Swift&#8217;s Cookie Recipe in Trial Discovery<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Justin Baldoni<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Does Blake Think T-Swift&#8217;s Baking Will Come Up at Trial???<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-11T12:53:42-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              April 11, 2026<br \/>\n                            12:53 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-3df0acbf498a7264daa1cb91dd84d7e6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260411_fd5dd73ea9174f38b81084bb66933ded\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:da90e0aa-341e-4654-9971-d7af5509fcb0\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fd\/4by3\/2026\/04\/11\/fd5dd73ea9174f38b81084bb66933ded_md.png\" alt=\"justin baldoni taylor swift blake lively main getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid 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canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The Wayfarer Studios legal team filed a ton of documents with the court Friday &#8230; including one asking the judge for more time to review a series of exhibits only recently filed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-585a76fb5f2b39bb08273291b3fdc009\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Among these many exhibits, Baldoni&#8217;s team says, is a link to an article regarding &#8220;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/taylor-swift\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> cookie recipe that was linked in other correspondence&#8221; &#8230; which Baldoni&#8217;s side argues &#8220;is exceptionally unlikely&#8221; to be shown to jurors at trial.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section 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&#8230; and, they also want Lively&#8217;s list of witnesses and exhibit list to be narrowed down in a way that&#8217;s &#8220;reasonably suitable for trial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8afbee68b0f4c0d5cce340f3e7cb4cce\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-570e6afd-0290-40ab-9f72-b6ae187cf1e2-463792717-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6a\/16by9\/2025\/01\/15\/6ac15cc918fa4401b3368431b27d280a_md.jpg\" alt=\"Justin-Baldoni-Blake-Lively-Timeline-Thumbnail\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-570e6afd-0290-40ab-9f72-b6ae187cf1e2-463792717-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text 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