Taylor Swift’s dad won’t face charges in Sydney altercation with paparazzo
Nardine Saad March 27, 2024
Taylor Swift’s father, Scott Swift, won’t
be facing face
charges in Australia after allegedly punching a photographer who tried to snap a photo of his daughter when she was in Sydney for her Eras tour late last month.
“Officers attached to North Shore Police Area Command have conducted an investigation following a report of an assault at Neutral Bay Wharf about 2:30 AM on Tuesday 27 February 2024,” New South Wales Police confirmed to The Times on Wednesday.
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“No further police action will be taken in relation to this matter,” the spokesperson said.
At the time, police were told that a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at the wharf. The younger man reported the incident, which launched inquiries by local officers.
The 71-year-old man was Scott Swift, affectionately dubbed “Papa Swift” by the pop star’s legion of fans, and the 51-year-old was photographer Ben McDonald, who told police he was punched in the face by Swifts father at the Neutral Bay Wharf. McDonald accused the superstars entourage of being aggressive and unprofessional.” He also told CNN that one of Swifts security guards forced an umbrella into his face and camera.
But Swifts camp denied that characterization.
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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, a spokesperson for the Anti-Hero and Shake It Off singer said at the time. (The spokesperson did not
further
comment
further
on Scott Swifts alleged actions.)
The incident took place after
Swift the singer
had performed four back-to-back concerts in Sydney that week and three shows in Melbourne earlier that month.
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Swift,
34
, followed those shows with six concerts in Singapore earlier this month.
Now s
he’s
currently
taking a break from touring an
d
apparently spending some quality time jet-setting with her Super Bowl champ boyfriend Travis Kelce, The pair, who have been linked since late summer, have been spotted swimming in the Bahamas and
lurking
around
the
Los Angeles
area
over the past few days. They had lunch at Nobu Malibu on Sunday and reportedly shut down the West Hollywood gym Dogpound for a private workout earlier this week.
The prolific singer-songwriter is set to release her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” on April 19 and will resume her Eras tour in Paris on May 9, traveling through Europe until August. The billion-dollar, history-making tour then returns to the United States in October before
wrapping Swift wraps
with a three-night stint in Toronto in early December.