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,

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.

While Justin Baldoni’s defamation case against Blake Lively is dead, his lawyers’ pursuit of Taylor Swift continues.