Taylor Swift is breaking news headlines againâ but itâs not because of her new album announcement. Swifties are being fed tons of content right now, and have been freaking out (as they should) over her 13th Grammy win and the surprise reveal of her new album The Tortured Poets Department. However, the week seems to be taking a turn as it shifts onto the legal side of Swiftâs life â most notably, with the Taylor Swift private jet.
On Feb. 6, Swiftâs lawyers sent a cease and desist to a college student, Jack Sweeney, who was tracking the whereabouts of her private jet. Sweeney, a student at the University of Central Florida, is known for tracking celebrity jets and had a similar dispute with Elon Musk in 2022.
According to Sweeney, he received a notice from Swiftâs legal team that called for him to stop his âstalking and harassing behavior.â The letter also stated that Swift lives her life âin a constant state of fear for her personal safety.â (Can someone check on Blondie?)
While Sweeney has been reporting on Swiftâs jet whereabouts since November of 2023, his tweet exposing that the singer took a 13-minute flight is what caused him to gain more traction.
Swift received backlash for the use of her private jet in the past when Yard stated that she took 170 flights between Jan. 1 and July 19 of 2022. However, Swities swiftly rushed to her defense by pointing out that the jet is loaned out regularly and the report was âblatantly incorrect.âÂ
Other defenders pointed out that Swift is a âhumble queenâ and doesnât flaunt her wealth likeÂ
other celebs. A few Swifities even dug up research to prove Swift wasnât anywhere near the top 10 producers of carbon emissions.Â
More recently Musk himself took to X/Twitter to defend Swift and her potential legal action by calling Sweeney âan awful human beingâ, alluding to his previous conflict with him two years ago.
In a statement to NBC, Sweeney said, âI simply state the factsâ in his defense. He claims that thereâs no reason for him to stop his private tracking because itâs all âpublic informationâ and he âbelieves in transparency.â
The debate over Swiftâs jet tracking and usage has also come up in discussion with the Super Bowl game this Sunday and whether or not she will be there to support her boyfriend, Travis Kelce.Â
Regardless of the impending legal actions, I think itâs safe to say that Swift is still on top of her game and is starting off the 2024 year with a winning streak as she looks ahead to her second leg of the Eraâs Tour and upcoming album!