Blake Lively's request to protect Taylor Swift texts in Justin Baldoni legal battle shut down by judge

Taylor Swift continues to be dragged into the legal drama ensuing between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. 

Days after Lively requested a protective order against Baldoni's request to access Lively and Swift's private text messages, Judge Lewis Liman denied the motion on June 18. 

"A motion or request may be, and in this case often has been, both a legitimate litigation tactic and an attempt to maneuver in the broader court of public opinion," Judge Liman wrote. 

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