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Taylor Swift is wading into the ongoing legal war whether she likes it or not.
From the start, she seemed to want no part of Justin Baldoni’s courtroom campaign against Blake Lively.
However, she has agreed to some conditional testimony in the still-ongoing lawsuit.
Is she going to drag Lively in her deposition? We’ll find out very soon.
Taylor Swift will be getting involved in the legal battle, after all
According to Page Six, court documents show that Taylor Swift has agreed to provide evidence in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s massive legal battle.
However, the singer’s deposition will be conditional.
Baldoni’s legal team must first persuade the court to extend the testimony deadline.
The report details that Baldoni’s attorney insisted to the judge that they had not requested “a blanket 30-day extension of the discovery cut-off date.”
Instead, the lawyer clarified:
“Wayfarer Parties requested an agreement solely to take the deposition of Taylor Swift during the week of October 20-25 due to Ms. Swift’s preexisting professional obligations.”
There is a reason for Swift’s reticence. Aside form the messiness of all, her new album comes out on October 3. She’s pretty busy hyping up The Life of a Showgirl until that date.
What could she have to contribute?
Last winter, Justin Baldoni name-dropped Taylor Swift in his lawsuit, claiming that Blake Lively had effectively done just that by referring to Swift as her “dragon” and protector.
See, after having filed complaints about Baldoni, Lively sued him for sexual harassment and for retaliation.
There was an alleged smear campaign against her, as many may recall.
Baldoni’s massive lawsuit was thrown out in court, on the grounds that retaliatory lawsuits are illegal.
It has been Baldoni’s contention that he and Lively clashed over creative differences while making It Ends With Us, stirring up drama that has not, in fact, ended with them.
Though they do not officially being their trial until spring 2026, it seems to be Baldoni’s contention that Lively concocted allegations against him in order to push her version of the film.
Or to keep him from publicly complaining about their creative differences? It’s unclear.
Regardless, Lively contends that he was unprofessional and inappropriate. And she is not the only woman to have filed a complaint about Baldoni or about his production company.
What could she possibly have to say?
To be clear, Taylor Swift had a very limited involvement in the film itself.
She permitted the use of My Tears Ricochet. That’s it.
Neither Baldoni nor Lively seem to dispute that. But Baldoni is claiming that Lively used her friendship with Swift to intimidate him.
In October, we’ll find out if a deposition from Swift will tip the scales one way or the other.
But, ultimately, this doesn’t seem to be about her.
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Prince Harry has had a busy week.
As previously reported, the polarizing figure reunited with his father on Thursday after about 19 months, spending an unspecified time in London opposite King Charles.
But that wasn’t the only major stop Harry made on his trip overseas.
On Friday, the Associated Press confirms that this member of The Royal Family actually stopped over in Ukraine to visit with wounded service members who have been fighting that country’s ongoing battle with Russia.
Specifically, Harry touched down in the capital city of Kyiv.
This visit marked the second time Harry has visited Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full scale invasion in 2022. He also made a trip to the western city of Lviv in April.
“We cannot stop the war but what we can do is do everything we can to help the recovery process,” Harry told the Guardian newspaper while on an overnight train to Kyiv.
The father of two has some experience in this area, of course.
A British Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, Prince Harry is the founder of the Invictus Games, a Paralympic-style event designed to inspire military veterans around the world as they work to overcome battlefield injuries.
Ukraine is actually bidding to host these games in 2029.
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Harry, The Archewell foundation set up by Harry and his wife Meghan Markle announced this week that it had donated $500,000 to projects supporting injured kids from Gaza and Ukraine.
The money will be used to help the World Health Organization with medical evacuations and to fund work developing prosthetics for seriously injured young people.
Earlier this year, meanwhile, Harry expressed hope that he and Charles could one day get on better terms following years of estrangement over his and Markle’s battle to restore security protection in the United Kingdom.
“There have been so many disagreements, differences between me and some of my family,” Harry told BBC in May.
“This current situation that has been on our ongoing for five years with regard to human life and safety is the sticking point. It is the only thing that’s left.”
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On Friday morning, President Donald Trump revealed that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the murder of Charlie Kirk.
Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University.
By Thursday night, the FBI had apprehended 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in connection with the shooting.
Now, the media and general public are eagerly dissecting all available information about Robinson in search of a possible motive.
What were Tyler Robinson’s political beliefs?
Robinson, a third-year student in Dixie Technical College’s electrical apprenticeship program, is registered as an “unaffiliated” voter, meaning he’s neither a Democrat nor a Republican.
Newsweek reports that Tyler’s parents, Amber and Matt Robinson, are both registered Republicans.
All signs point to a fairly standard middle-class, suburban upbringing, but there are indications that Robinson had become politically radicalized in recent years. But his beliefs are difficult to pin down.
Several X users have pointed to signs that Robinson was a fan of the “Groyper Army,” which Wikipedia defines as “a group of alt-right, white nationalist, and Christian nationalist activists led by Nick Fuentes.”
Many have speculated that Robinson wished to involve himself in the Groypers’ campaign against mainstream Republicans, but it’s too soon to arrive at any specific conclusions about the alleged shooters’ beliefs.
Fuentes is a controversial figure on the far-right, who, in the past, had criticized Kirk for being too moderate in his views and messaging.
In the wake of this week’s shooting, Fuentes took to social media to mourn Kirk and call for an end to political violence.
“I am devastated. It feels like a nightmare that we’ll never wake up from,” he wrote, adding, “The violence and hatred has to stop. Our country needs Christ now more than ever.”
On September 12, Fuentes urged the White House to release more information about Robinson:
“We need more from the Trump administration than what we’re getting,” he wrote on X (via Newsweek), adding:
“Release all the information about the assassin and his Discord contacts. Everyone must be investigated. Tell us the plan. How will the government stop this from ever happening again? Where is the leadership???”
Again, it’s far too early to make any generalizations about Tyler Robinson’s ideology or the state of his mental health.
It’s human nature to try and sense of such a tragedy, but it might be impossible to do so even once all the facts are in (and at this point, we still know very little).
Robinson’s Discord activity receives scrutiny
Robinson’s roommate reportedly shared his Discord account with the authorities, but despite initial claims that Tyler posted about violent crimes on the streaming platform, a spokesperson for the company says no such content has been discovered.
“In the course of our investigation, we identified a Discord account associated with the suspect, but have found no evidence that the suspect planned this incident or promoted violence on Discord,” the rep tells TMZ.
“The messages referenced in recent reporting about planning details do not appear to be Discord messages. These were communications between the suspect’s roommate and a friend after the shooting, where the roommate was recounting the contents of a note the suspect had left elsewhere.”
Needless to say, there’s still a great deal that we don’t know about the alleged shooter.
What we do know is that as a young, middle-class, cisgender male, he fits the profile of the average mass shooter, a fact that might make his motives more difficult to discern.
“Not Black. Not Trans. Not Muslim. Not an Immigrant. Not a Democrat. Meet Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. A white Christian, Conservative, Republican male with a gun … again,” actor Billy Baldwin wrote on X (according to TooFab).
“Charlie Kirk’s assassin Tyler Robinson, 22, killed him because he hated his opinions and thought he was a fascist. Yet ironically, HE was the fascist, killing someone to silence their opposing views. The woke left love to say ‘speech is violent.’ It’s not – violence is,” journalist Piers Morgan remarked on the platform.
Meghan McCain quickly racked up thousands of likes with a post that read simply, “Death penalty.”
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
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Erika Kirk clutched a rosary and fought back tears as she re-entered the public eye on Thursday.
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Erika’s husband, Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
There have been reports that Erika was in the audience at the event where the shooting took place, but those claims remain unconfirmed.
Erika Kirk makes first public appearance since husband’s death
Understandably, Erika has mostly maintained a low profile in the days since her husband was killed.
But yesterday, she rolled down the window of the SUV she was riding in so that she could wave to supporters in Arizona.
According to a report from the New York Post, a crowd of people waved American flags as the motorcade carrying Erika and her husband’s remains arrived at Phoenix’s Hansen Mortuary Chapel.
Erika was joined by Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, who arranged to have Charlie’s remains transported from Utah to Arizona aboard Air Force Two.
Vance sang Kirk’s praises in a heartfelt X post shortly after news of the shooting went public:
“A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk,” the vice president wrote.
“Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives,” he added.
“When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right–as he usually was–he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, ‘I told you so.’ But: ‘welcome.’”
“Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers,” Vance continued in a separate post.
“After every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do.”
Supporters mourn alongside Charlie Kirk’s widow
Erika — a ministry leader and podcast host with millions of Instagram followers — has received an outpouring of support following her husband’s death.
President Donald Trump and other public figures have offered their condolences to the mother of two.
As we previously reported, a 22-year-old Utah resident named Tyler Robinson has been arrested in connection with Kirk’s death.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
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Erika King has broken her silence.
In a live stream via her husband’s official Twitter account September 12, the mother of two spoke out for the first time since Charlie Kirk was killed by an assassin in Utah this week.
“Charlie loved life. He loved his life, he loved America, he loved nature which always helped him closer to God,” the 36-year old said on Friday.
“He loved the Chicago Cubs and my goodness did he love the Oregon Ducks.”
Erika added that her late spouse also had a possesses of love for his family and his role as a husband and father.
“Most of all Charlie loved his children and he loved me with all of his heart and I knew that everyday. He made sure I knew that everyday,” she continued.
“Everyday he would ask me, ‘How can I serve you better? How can I be a better husband? How can I be a better father?’ … He was a such a good man.
“He still is such a good man. He was the perfect father. He was the perfect husband.”
Kirk, 31, was a podcast host and the founder of Turning Point USA, an organization best known for organizing young voters to get out and support Republicans running for office.
He was a close acquaintance of President Donald Trump.
Charlie Kirk was shot during a speaking event for his American Comeback Tour at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, September 10.
A 22-year old named Tyler Robinson has since been arrested for the act.
“It’s with a heavy heart that we, the Turning Point USA leadership team, write to notify you that early this afternoon, Charlie went to his eternal reward with Jesus Christ in Heaven,” the group said in a statement to employees and supporters on Wednesday.
Charlie and Erika shared a one-year son and a three-year old daughter.
Erika went on this evening:
“Here me when I say this: nobody is ever too young to know the gospel. Nobody. Nobody is ever too young to get involved with saving this beautiful country This country, my husband loved and still loves and nobody is ever to old either, there’s no age limit. I know my husband is still here.
“He’s watching over us. I don’t remember the last time I slept. I couldn’t sleep last night.”
She then addressed her late husband directly as follows:
“Charlie baby, Charlie I promise I will never let your legacy die baby I won’t. I promise I’ll make [your non-profit] Turning Point USA the biggest thing this nation has ever seen.
“Oh, Charlie I love you. I love you baby. Rest in the arms of our lord as he blankets you with the words I know your heart always strives to hear. Well done my good and faithful servant.”
Charlie married Erika — who just accompanied her husband’s casket to their home town — in 2021. She’s a former Miss Arizona USA.
In her new message, Erika also noted the challenge of navigating Charlie’s death as a mother… recalling speaking to the pair’s daughter, Gigi, the night before.
“When I got home last night Gigi, our daughter, just ran into my arms and I talked to her and she said, ‘Mommy i miss you’ and I said I miss you too baby and she goes, ‘Where’s daddy?’ How do you tell a 3 year old? She’s 3.
“And I said, ‘Daddy loves you so much baby he’s on a work trip with Jesus so he can afford your blueberry budget.”
Earlier this year, Erika also paid Charlie tribute on the occasion of America’s birthday.
“Today, I thank God for freedom. I thank God for the gift of this nation,” she wrote. “And I thank God for a husband who, day in and day out, gives everything he has to defend it. Happy Birthday, America. May we never take you for granted. I love you @charliekirk1776.”
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