Private chats between Black Lively & Taylor Swift will be made available to Justin Baldoni's legal team, despite the efforts of Lively's lawyers.

A federal judge denied Blake Lively's request to keep some of her private text messages with Taylor Swift from Justin Baldoni, marking a major legal victory for the embattled "It Ends with Us" actor and director.

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,