The father of pop sensation Taylor Swift is alleged to have attacked an Australian paparazzi photographer. Sydney paparazzo Ben McDonald claimed to have submitted a police report alleging that Scott Swift had struck him in the face, according to Australia’s national broadcaster.
“In 23 years of doing this, I’ve never been assaulted, let alone been punched in the face by a father,” the ABC quoted McDonald as saying. In a statement, police in the state of New South Wales stated that they were looking into a report of an alleged attack in Sydney’s North Shore neighborhood by a 71-year-old male who has not been identified.
Pop icon Taylor Swift’s father has been accused of assaulting a paparazzi photographer in Australia.https://t.co/l3nqDc990A
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 27, 2024
NSW Police said in a statement, “Police have been informed that a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at Neutral Bay Wharf about 2.30 am (Tuesday, 27 February 2024) before leaving the location.”
“The younger man reported the incident, and North Shore Police Area Command officers are currently conducting inquiries.” Two people were acting “aggressively” towards Taylor Swift and her entourage at the time of the alleged incident, a Swift spokesperson told Rolling Stone.
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A spokesman for Taylor said in a statement that “two individuals were aggressively pushing their way towards Taylor, grabbing at her security personnel, and threatening to throw a female staff member into the water.”
With 14 Grammy awards and hundreds of millions of album sales worldwide, Swift is among the most famous musicians of all time.
On Monday, she performed in front of 81,000 people at Sydney’s Accor Stadium to close the Australian leg of her global tour. The first of Swift’s six performances in the Southeast Asian city-state will take place on Friday in Singapore.
