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.

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

Messages between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift can be handed over to Justin Baldoni as part of his ongoing high-profile legal battle with the actress, a judge has decided. Communications between Lively and her friend Swift about the environment on the It Ends With Us film set are relevant to the case,