Man arrested trying to serve Taylor Swift deposition papers in Justin Baldoni lawsuit

A man was arrested outside Travis Kelce’s home Sept. 15, after he allegedly tried to serve deposition papers to Taylor Swift on behalf of Justin Baldoni, as part of the ongoing legal battle between the It Ends With Us director and actor and costar Blake Lively. 

The man, identified as Justin Lee Fisher, was arrested in the early hours and allegedly charged with “jumping the fence onto a private residence in a private neighborhood” in Leawood, Kan., according to PEOPLE.

The outlet notes that the 14-time Grammy winner and the three-time Super Bowl champion tight end were believed to be home at the time of the reported incident.

Further details of the incident are not included in the one-page police report, which bears the words, “This information is restricted as to use and dissemination,” at the top, according to Star, which first reported the news and identified Fisher as a former cop–turned–private eye.

News of the arrest comes just days after a judge in the Baldoni-Lively legal battle on Sept. 13 rejected Baldoni’s request for a 30-day extension of the discovery cut-off date, likely ending his attempt to depose Swift.

The decision came after Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, had requested extra time to depose the singer, who he claimed was willing to appear for deposition, but her attorney said she did not agree to it.

In a letter filed in court Sept. 12, and reviewed by Entertainment Weekly, Swift’s lawyers at Venable LLP insisted the pop star “has no material role” in the lawsuit and that she “did not agree to a deposition,” though she would be available to be deposed next month “if forced.”

Freedman claimed the singer had “agreed to appear for deposition,” but would be unable to do so until late October due to “preexisting professional obligations.” (Swift’s highly anticipated 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, releases Oct. 3.)

Swift’s attorney J. Douglas Baldridge seemed to dispute Freedman’s framing, writing, “As counsel for the parties know, since the inception of this matter, we have consistently maintained that my client has no material role in this action. Further, my client did not agree to a deposition, but if she is forced into a deposition, we advised (after first hearing about the deposition just three days ago) that her schedule would accommodate the time required during the week of October 20 if the parties were able to work out their disputes. We take no role in those disputes.”

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The Lively-Baldoni case is set to go to trial on March 9, 2026.