Blake Lively's request to protect Taylor Swift texts in Justin Baldoni legal battle shut down by judge

Taylor Swift continues to beryllium dragged into the ineligible play ensuing betwixt Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. 

Days aft Lively requested a protective bid against Baldoni's petition to entree Lively and Swift's backstage substance messages, Judge Lewis Liman denied the question connected June 18. 

"A question oregon petition whitethorn be, and successful this lawsuit often has been, some a morganatic litigation maneuver and an effort to maneuver successful the broader tribunal of nationalist opinion," Judge Liman wrote. 

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Blake Lively sought a protective bid against Justin Baldoni's squad successful effect to its alleged "demands" to entree Lively and Taylor Swift's backstage communications. (Getty Images)

"Given that Lively has represented that Swift had cognition of complaints oregon discussions astir the moving situation connected the film, among different issues, the requests for messages with Swift regarding the movie ('It Ends With Us') and this enactment are reasonably tailored to observe accusation that would beryllium oregon disprove Lively’s harassment and retaliation claims," helium added. 

In a connection to Fox News Digital, a typical for Lively said they volition proceed to combat against Baldoni's "relentless efforts" to exploit "Swift's popularity."

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"The Court outright denied the Wayfarer Parties’ question to compel documents from Ms. Lively, who has produced acold much documents successful this lawsuit than the Wayfarer Parties combined. Further, the Court’s protective bid ruling rests connected the Wayfarer Parties’ admittance that they received thing from Taylor Swift, which is precisely the other of what their ‘insider’ claimed 2 weeks ago," the typical stated. 

The justice denied Blake Lively's question to support her substance messages with Taylor Swift. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood; Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Sony Pictures)

"As for the rest, Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer parties demanded entree to Taylor Swift’s backstage communications—despite having already subpoenaed and past withdrawn that subpoena. Baldoni’s tendency to resistance Taylor Swift into this has been changeless dating backmost to August 2024, erstwhile the situation PR steadfast led by Melissa Nathan included her successful their ‘Scenario Planning’ papers (Lively Amended Complaint, Exhibit D), referred to her arsenic a bully, and called for a strategy to power the ‘TS fanbase’ (Lively Amended Complaint, ¶214(b))," the typical continued. 

"We volition proceed to telephone retired Baldoni’s relentless efforts to exploit Ms Swift’s popularity, which from time 1 has been thing much than a distraction from the superior intersexual harassment and retaliation accusations helium and the Wayfarer parties are facing."

Representatives for Baldoni and Swift did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

Swift was subpoenaed arsenic a witnesser successful the Lively-Baldoni dispute, but Baldoni's squad has withdrawn the request, Fox News Digital confirmed successful May. 

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively person been entangled successful a ineligible play since December 2024.  (Getty Images)

A root with nonstop cognition of the lawsuit told Fox News Digital astatine the time, "When accusation is voluntarily received, determination is nary request for subpoenas."

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After Swift was subpoenaed May 10, a spokesperson for the popular prima denied her engagement successful the 2024 movie "It Ends With Us" speech from the licensing of her opus "My Tears Ricochet," which was featured successful the movie's trailer and utilized successful 1 scene.

"Taylor Swift ne'er acceptable ft connected the acceptable of this movie. She was not progressive successful immoderate casting oregon originative decisions. She did not people the film. She ne'er saw an edit oregon made immoderate notes connected the film. She did not adjacent spot ‘It Ends With Us’ until weeks aft its nationalist merchandise and was traveling astir the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest circuit successful history," Swift's typical told Fox News Digital astatine the time.

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"The transportation Taylor had to this movie was permitting the usage of 1 song, ‘My Tears Ricochet,'" the spokesperson added. "Given that her engagement was licensing a opus for the film, which 19 different artists besides did, this papers subpoena is designed to usage Taylor Swift’s sanction to gully nationalist involvement by creating tabloid clickbait alternatively of focusing connected the facts of the case."

Baldoni and Lively's legal fight is scheduled to spell to proceedings earlier a New York tribunal successful March 2026. 

Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash and Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this post.