Washington, May 15 -- Blake Lively's legal team has unequivocally denied the claim made by Justin Baldoni's lawyer about the actress's friendship with Taylor Swift.

In a letter to the judge, Bryan Freedman, an attorney for Baldoni, explained why they believe their subpoena to Venable, the law firm representing Swift, is relevant in the case.

Freedman claimed that a "source who is highly likely to have reliable information" alleged to them that there is evidence of Lively's lawyers pressuring Swift's lawyers to "release a statement of support" for the actress amid the Baldoni legal saga. If they refused, according to Freedman's claim, Lively was willing to leak their text messages in what he called "extortionate threats," reported People...