On Wednesday, June 18 Judge Lewis Liman approved Justin Baldoni’s legal team access to text messages between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively, his co-star in It Ends With Us.

The judge ruled in favor of Baldoni after Lively had requested on Friday that Swift be left out of the battle.

Baldonihas been pursuing a subpoena of Swift’s texts concerning It Ends With Us for weeks, arguing the singer knew of intimate details of the film’s production.

Her team says Swift is uninvolved, claiming that she is being subpoenaed for publicity and for name recognition, calling it an “unwarranted fishing expedition.”

This follows months of conflict between Baldoni and Lively, who accused her co-star of inappropriate conduct and a hostile work environment during filming of the movie. The allegations have led to a drawn-out legal clash.

Lively’s case has snowballed from a harassment claim to her team suing Baldoni on grounds of retaliation, alleging the Jane the Virgin star attempted to retaliate with a “social manipulation” online smear campaign.

“The Baldoni and Wayfarer team have tried to put Taylor Swift, a woman who has been an inspiration for tens of millions across the globe, at the center of this case since day one,” Lively’s spokesperson said.

“At some point they will run out of distractions from the actual claims of sexual harassment and retaliation they are facing.”

Given that Lively admitted to discussing the work environment with Swift, Judge Liman wrote, “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.”

Along with a lawsuit against The New York Times for reporting on Lively’s case, Baldoni also tried to file against Lively herself on grounds of defamation, among other charges.