The college student to whom Taylor Swift handed a cease and desist letter for following her private jet on Instagram responded, and his remarks clearly don't sit well with her.
Jack Sweeney said he done nothing wrong when he revealed the pop star's flight path to the public in a two-page letter he addressed to her on Monday, taking to the social media app X.
Sweeney captioned the letter dated January 25 with a line from Taylor's 2017 smash song "Reputation," "Look What You Made Me Do."
Taylor must have not taken it very well, considering that in December Kate Wright Morrone, Taylor's attorney, threatened Sweeney with legal action.
By disclosing Taylor's flight details in real-time on social media, Morrone said in her cease and desist letter that Sweeney was engaged in "stalking and harassing behavior."
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Morrone threatened to take legal action against Sweeney if she continued to endanger her well-known client's safety. Nevertheless, Sweeney and his lawyer, James Slater, were not deterred and wrote their own letter, which they mailed to Morrone.
Slater stated that Morrone did not provide any legal basis for her cease and desist, with the exception of stalking, which is exempt as Sweeney had never threatened Taylor in a "credible" way.
The lawyer drew attention to the fact that Sweeney only tracked Taylor's flying movements by uploading publicly accessible data from the Federal Aviation Administration.
In summary, Sweeney, a junior at the University of Central Florida, used his right to free speech and didn't do anything illegal, according to Slater.
Sweeney's lawyer, James Slater of Slater Legal PLLC, specifically wrote these in the letter: "Put simply, there is nothing unlawful about [our client Jack Sweeney's] use of publicly accessible information of track private jets, including those used by public figures like Taylor Swift.
"[He] used the same information to track sanctioned Russian oligarchs and Elon Musk... The @TaylorSwiftJets account is engaged in protected speech that does not violate any of Ms. Swift's legal rights.
He added that Sweeney has published comparable travel details for a few Russian oligarchs and Elon Musk online.
Even though Taylor Swift seems to be his obsession, it's probably fair to point out that Swift isn't among the Top 30 celebs who traveled by jet the most in the previous year; Kim Kardashian and Travis Scott came in first and second, respectively.
In addition, Swift bought more than twice as many carbon credits as were required to offset the tour and all of her travel.
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