Taylor Swift’s team is speaking out after reports alleged Taylor’s dad, Scott Swift, was involved in a physical altercation with an Australian paparazzo.
According to People, police revealed that they are investigating an “alleged assault after a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at Neutral Bay Wharf.” Authorities did not confirm the identities of the 71-year-old or the 51-year-old.
The reported altercation took place around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Police told People it was the younger of the two men who “reported the incident. […] The man did not require medical treatment.”
ow, Swift’s team is speaking out, saying that the altercation occurred after people got too aggressive. “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,” the rep told People in a statement.
This isn’t the first altercation between a member of the Australia media and a Hollywood powerhouse.
Just a few weeks ago, actor Jacob Elordi was allegedly at the center of a physical altercation with a radio producer for The Kyle & Jackie O Show.
According to Variety, the producer, Joshua Fox approached Elordi at the hotel he was staying at and asked him for some of his bathwater, a reference to a scene from Elordi’s most recent movie Saltburn.
According to Variety, Elordi reportedly asked Fox to stop filming him and delete the footage, and that’s when Fox alleges Elordi assaulted him.
“I refuse to because I feel uncomfortable right now and this is the only evidence,” Fox said in the days following the alleged incident while talking about it on the radio. “And then Jacob kind of just flips and he kind of pushes me against the wall and his hands are on my throat.”
Police told Variety that they were also investigating this incident.
