Blake Lively is making it clear: her texts with Taylor Swift are off-limits.
In a dramatic turn in the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, the Age of Adaline actress has filed a motion requesting a protective order to prevent Baldoni and his legal team from accessing her private communications with pop superstar Taylor Swift.
According to court documents submitted to Judge Lewis J. Liman in New York on Friday and obtained by Page Six, Lively argues that her text messages with Swift are not relevant to the case and that Baldoni’s interest in them is part of a long-running media tactic.
“Throughout litigation, and particularly over the past month, the Wayfarer Parties have repeatedly used Ms. Swift’s name as part of their media strategy,” reads the legal filing.
Baldoni, 41, who filed a $400 million countersuit against Lively in January, previously subpoenaed Swift in an attempt to gain access to her communications with Lively. The subpoena was later dropped, with his legal team claiming they had “got all they needed.”
But Lively isn’t buying it.
“Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer parties are still demanding access to Taylor Swift’s private communications—despite having already subpoenaed and then withdrawn that subpoena,” a spokesperson for Lively said.
The motion claims that Wayfarer Studios and Baldoni’s legal team targeted Swift as early as August 2024, according to internal documents from their crisis PR firm. The documents reportedly named Swift and her fanbase as strategic factors to consider, noting the need to take the “TS fanbase” extremely seriously.
“The ongoing attempts to once again try and use the world’s biggest star as a PR tactic in this matter reflects a public unraveling of epic proportions,” Lively’s team stated, “and serves only to distract from the fact that Justin Baldoni’s lawsuits against Ms. Lively, Ryan Reynolds, their publicist, and the New York Times have been entirely dismissed.”
The high-profile legal feud began earlier this year when Baldoni filed countersuits alleging that Lively attempted to use her friendship with Swift to manipulate a film production. He also claimed Swift was present at a key meeting central to the case.
However, in a major legal setback, Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit — along with a $250 million libel claim against The New York Times — was dismissed by the judge on Monday.
Despite the dismissal, the legal drama is far from over. Baldoni’s team has until June 23 to amend two of their remaining claims:
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Breach of implied covenant (accusing Lively of violating agreed-upon terms)
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Tortious interference with contract (alleging she disrupted existing business relationships)
A trial date has been set for March 2026, meaning this bitter Hollywood legal battle may play out publicly for years to come.
Representatives for Justin Baldoni and Taylor Swift have not responded to Page Six’s requests for comment.
