Given that Lively has represented that Swift had knowledge of complaints or discussions about the working environment on the film, among other issues, the requests for messages with Swift regarding the film and this action are reasonably tailored to discover information that would prove or disprove Lively’s harassment and retaliation claims,

A federal judge denied Blake Lively's request to keep some of her private text messages with Taylor Swift from Justin Baldoni, marking a major legal victory for the embattled "It Ends with Us" actor and director.

While Justin Baldoni’s defamation case against Blake Lively is dead, his lawyers’ pursuit of Taylor Swift continues.