Breaking: Superstar Taylor Swift has been forced to release private text messages. They can be viewed in the legal dispute between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

First a great triumph, now a defeat: In the legal battle against her “Just One More Time” co-star Justin Baldoni (41), Hollywood star Blake Lively (37) has suffered a setback.

As reported by the US magazine “Deadline,” among others, US District Judge Lewis J. Liman has ruled that the private messages between the actress and superstar Taylor Swift (35) are not protected. The digital correspondence can therefore be viewed to a limited extent by Baldoni’s legal team.

Why Taylor Swift’s news is relevant
Baldoni’s lawyers hope that the private messages will provide insights into the actual events during the scandal-ridden production of the film “Just One More Time.”

Blake Lively famously accuses Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation – she also accuses him and the team at his Wayfarer Studios of launching a targeted smear campaign against her following her complaint.

In his new ruling , Judge Liman described the messages from pop star Taylor Swift, who recently visited sick children in Florida , as “relevant” to the high-profile case. “Lively herself identified Swift as someone likely to have knowledge of complaints or discussions regarding the work environment on the set of ‘Just One More Time,'” the judge stated in his reasoning.

Taylor Swift not for the first time in the Lively-Baldoni legal dispute
The exchange of messages between the two US stars may now help “to find information that would prove or disprove Lively’s claims of harassment and retaliation,” the judge continued.

Lively’s legal team had previously attempted to argue that the information contained in the messages was “irrelevant” or “providing it would impose an undue burden.” The judge rejected this argument.

Blake Lively recently won a major legal victory
Taylor Swift’s name has been looming large for some time now in the high-profile legal battle between the two “Just One More Time” leads. In May of this year, the singer was officially subpoenaed.

A spokesperson for Swift criticized the subpoena at the time as an attempt to “draft public attention” by stoking tabloid pressure rather than focusing on the facts of the case. Swift’s team pointed out that the singer’s only connection to the film was that she had allowed the use of the song “My Tears Ricochet.”

Just a short time later, on May 22 of this year, Baldoni’s lawyers withdrew Swift’s subpoena. As Deadline reported, citing sources, this happened because Swift’s lawyers had voluntarily turned over the requested documents. In his ruling today, Judge Liman emphasized that Baldoni’s legal team should not even consider leaking the private text messages and emails between Swift and Lively to the press.

Blake Lively had previously achieved a major victory in her ongoing legal battle. A few days ago, a New York court dismissed Justin Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit against his “One More Time” co-star and her husband Ryan Reynolds (48). The reason given was that Baldoni failed to sufficiently substantiate the allegations. He had demanded $400 million in damages for alleged defamation.

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