United Kingdom, June 19 -- Justin Baldoni's legal team will have access to messages between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift.

The 37-year-old actress is suing her It Ends With Us co-star for harassment and accusing the director of creating a hostile work environment on set, which he has denied, while his countersuit accusing Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds of defamation was recently dismissed by Judge Lewis L. Liman.

Now, E! News has reported that the New York judge has ruled texts between Lively and her friend are "relevant" to the case.

However, any correspondence between the pair will be under a protective order to stop them being leaked to the press.

In an order filed on Wednesday (18.06.25), the judge wrote: "Lively herself has...