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Sept. 12 (UPI) —<\/span> Taylor Swift<\/a> has agreed to sit for a deposition in the legal battle between actress Blake Lively<\/a> and actor and producer Justin Baldoni, according to court documents.<\/p>\n Swift has agreed to the request from Baldoni’s legal team but is not available<\/a> until Oct. 20, which falls beyond the Sept. 30 deadline imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Lewis J. Liman.\n<\/p>\n Lawyers for Baldoni have asked for an extension from<\/a> Oct. 20 to Oct. 25 to depose Swift, who will be unavailable because of “pre-existing professional obligations.”<\/p>\n The 35-year-old pop icon is releasing her 12th album<\/a> The Life of Showgirl<\/i> on Oct. 3 and is “unable to do so [attend a deposition]” before the court-imposed deadline at the end of the month.\n<\/p>\n Liman has yet to rule on the extension request.<\/p>\n Lively, 38, is suing Baldoni, her co-star in the film<\/a> adaptation of Colleen Hooover’s romantic novel It Ends With Us,<\/i> for alleged sexual harassment on the movie set. Lively also contends the 41-year-old and his fellow Wayfarer Studios producers launched a smear campaign against her following the accusations.\n<\/p>\n Baldoni filed a countersuit but the judge dismissed those claims<\/a> this past June.<\/p>\n Lively has already given a deposition in the case, while Baldoni has yet to be deposed.<\/p>\n Swift was not involved in the film, although one of her songs was used. She was, however, close friends with Lively and her husband, Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds<\/a>.<\/p>\n At issue in Swift’s deposition will likely be anything the pair said or wrote about conditions on the film set.<\/p>\n Baldoni’s legal team at one point tried to subpoena Swift, a move that was not well received by the pop star’s team. The filing was later withdrawn.<\/p>\n In the most recent court filing, Lively’s legal team told the judge they expect Baldoni’s lawyers to ask for a 30-day extension to the court proceedings, beyond the Sept. 30 deadline.<\/p>\n