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,

The federal judge will allow Baldoni's legal team access to private texts between Swift and Lively only about "It Ends with Us."

Blake Lively's text messages with friend Taylor Swift could get some play in court, in a recent development of the actor's winding legal battle against Justin Baldoni.