Overview

• U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ruled that messages between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift about It Ends With Us must be disclosed to Justin Baldoni’s legal team under a protective order.
• The judge determined those texts are central to assessing Lively’s sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios partners.
• On June 9, the court dismissed key portions of Baldoni’s defamation and libel suits against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
• Sources report that Swift’s legal team insists she had no creative role beyond licensing her song My Tears Ricochet, and the dispute has allegedly severed her friendship with Lively.
• The parties are in discovery ahead of a federal trial scheduled to begin on March 9, 2026.