Federal Judge Lewis Liman authorized that Justin Baldoni can review private messages between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift. Underlining that you can only check messages related to the movie ‘It Ends With Us’ or the legal dispute that has them faced, and that access will be covered by a Protection order to avoid press leaks.
With this resolution, the Lively motion is rejected to protect their conversations with the 35 -year -old singer, according to documents obtained by The New York Post.
According to the judge, Baldoni’s request is valid, since Lively, 37, said the singer was aware of complaints about the work environment during the film’s filming.
Blake tried to protect that conversation and his legal team claimed that these messages were personal and that they had nothing to do with the movie. They were even willing to deliver everything else, except that. In return, they asked Baldoni to share all their audiovisual material related to the film and all the communications mentioned in their demand; He rejected the agreement.
The Baldoni Public Relations team, Wayfarer Studios, had already mentioned Taylor since August 2024 in a “scenario planning” document. Blake did not remain silent and lashed out, saying that all this is a distraction of the important: the accusations of sexual harassment and reprisals faced by Baldoni. In addition, he accused his team of wanting to exploit the singer’s image to divert attention.
In May, Taylor was summoned as a witness by Baldoni’s legal team, but was withdrawn days later after a statement from his representative, who strongly denied any participation in the project.
“Taylor Swift never stepped on the set, did not make creative decisions or saw the movie until weeks after its premiere“They indicated at that time.
The $ 400 million countercount that Baldoni filed against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds It includes an alleged conversation where she referred to Swift and Reynolds like her “dragons”, and herself as “Khaleesi”in reference to Game of Thrones.
Baldoni mentioned that Swift was present at a key meeting at the New York Penthouse of Blake and Ryan, where the rewriting of a controversial scene was supposedly discussed.
Lively and Baldoni’s conflict began in December 2024, when the actress demanded it for sexual harassment in the ‘It Ends With Us’ set and orchestrate a discredit campaign against him.
The trial is expected to begin in March 2026.
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