The legal battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively in the aftermath of “It Ends With Us” expanded its blast zone Thursday morning, with a new lawsuit by Baldoni including text messages between Lively and Baldoni,

Blake Lively referred to her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and best friend, Taylor Swift, as her “Dance Moms level stage moms” in her alleged text messages to Justin Baldoni while making their movie “It Ends with Us,” Baldoni claims in his new $400 million lawsuit.

Taylor Swift seems to be name-dropped in the ongoing legal dispute between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, in which Lively appears to call Swift 'one of her dragons.'

Baldoni was not just dealing with Lively. He was also facing Lively’s ‘dragons,’ two of the most influential and wealthy celebrities in the world,” the lawsuit obtained by

Justin Baldoni filed a new lawsuit Thursday against Blake Lively, alleging that she used her industry “power”—including her friendship with Taylor Swift—to seize control of their film It Ends With Us and “destroy” him.

Justin Baldoni seemingly mentioned Taylor Swift in a text message to Blake Lively while discussing her additions to an ‘It Ends With Us’ scene

There are fresh claims in Justin Baldoni's new lawsuit against Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds.

Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth,” the actor’s attorney alleged.

The director claims the actress used the influence of a "megacelebrity" friend to move her script ideas forward.

Taylor Swift is being brought into the legal feud between It Ends With Us co-stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. The pop star, who is Lively’s longtime best friend, is named in the $400 million lawsuit Baldoni filed against Lively,

Now, Baldoni’s camp has shot back by releasing a 10-minute long video of the scene, which does have sound, in which the actors can be heard making casual, light-hearted small talk with one another. “The scene in question was designed to show the two characters falling in love and longing to be close to one another.