Swift has famously been a close friend of Lively and Reynolds over the years, and in May of this year Baldoni’s team subpoenaed her as a witness in the case.

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,

The federal judge will allow Baldoni's legal team access to private texts between Swift and Lively only about "It Ends with Us."