A Florida college student received a cease-and-desist letter from Taylor Swift’s lawyer after tracking her private jet on Instagram, but the lawyer’s terrible response to the request was revealed Monday.
Jack Sweeney, 21, shared a letter sent by his lawyer in response to the singer’s legal threats against X while cheekily referencing one of Swift’s own songs.
“Look what you made me do” Sweeney tweetedreferring to Swift’s 2017 single from her album Reputation, and also includes a copy of the Jan. 25 letter.
Sweeney’s lawyer, Katie Wright Morrone, told her in December that if Sweeney did not stop disclosing the whereabouts of the jet, she would have “no choice but to pursue every legal remedy available to her.” I sent this letter in response to a letter I received that threatened to leave me with no choice.” .
Venable LLP’s Morrone said the University of Central Florida junior who ran the now-defunct Instagram account @taylorswiftjets was “stalked” by sharing the movements of the star athlete’s private plane in real time on social media. “They engaged in acts of harassment and acts of harassment.”
“This behavior poses an immediate threat to the safety and well-being of my client and must stop,” she said in her first letter, adding that for Swift, 34, who has dealt with stalkers, it is a “life-or-death situation.” It’s been a problem since she was a teenager, she added.
But Sweeney’s lawyers quickly pushed back, releasing publicly available data from the Federal Aviation Administration and saying Morrone had failed to identify legal claims against his client for using his “protected speech.” Ta.
“Simply put, there is nothing illegal about it.” [Sweeney’s] It prohibits the use of publicly accessible information to track private jets, including those used by celebrities like Taylor Swift,” said attorney James Slater of Slater Legal PLLC. Replied.
Slater pointed out that the university student also published the flight paths of sanctioned Russian oligarchs and Elon Musk’s jets.
“The @taylorswiftjets account engages in protected speech that in no way violates Ms. Swift’s legal rights,” he added. “Your letter makes this clear by not specifying any legal claims.”
Morrone’s only claim of cheating is under California’s stalking law, which still defines a stalker as someone who makes a “credible threat” against the victim — and the 2021 paper said , Sweeney says he has never threatened the singer-songwriter. An old lawyer.
Slater also said the information pointing to the private jet’s location did not pose a threat to Swift’s safety.
“We don’t know why you believed that California law was the best claim against Florida individuals and their companies, but this, combined with the lack of a credible legal claim, threatens our customers. “It suggests an unfounded effort to censor the media,” Slater said. finished.
Although the @taylorswiftjets account was shut down for violating Instagram’s policies, Sweeney continues to share posts about the star’s air travels on his other account, Celebrity Jets, which includes other Hollywood elites. He also posts about his travels.
Swift has faced backlash for her impact on the environment as she flies across the country multiple times to visit boyfriend Travis Kelce and attend Kansas City Chiefs games. .
Grammy winner named ‘Biggest Celebrity’ in 2022 [carbon dioxide] It was named this year’s “Polluter” in an analysis that cited Sweeney’s explanation. Her publicist said her jets are regularly rented from others.
Swift sold one of his two private jets on Jan. 30 amid a flight-tracking battle, according to FAA data.
