Taylor Swift‘s dad, Scott Swift, is at present enveloped in an Australian investigation pertaining to an alleged assault involving a paparazzi photographer.
In accordance with TheAustralian.com, the incident occurred Tuesday round 2:30 a.m. on the Impartial Bay Wharf as Taylor and Scott have been disembarking from a ferry and bombarded by folks ready for them. The daddy and daughter have been reportedly coming back from celebrations on the finish of the Sydney leg of her Eras Tour, which adopted a earlier Australian cease in Melbourne.
In a press release, the New South Wales Police Media Unit tells ET, “Police are investigating an alleged assault on Sydney’s North Shore this morning. Police have been told a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at Neutral Bay Wharf about 2.30am (Tuesday 27 February 2024), before leaving the location. The younger man reported the incident and inquiries are now underway by officers attached to North Shore Police Area Command.”
Whereas police didn’t affirm the identities of these concerned, the outlet that first reported the incident named Swift because the 71-year-old and photographer Ben McDonald because the 51-year-old. McDonald spoke with NCA Newswire and alleged that Scott grew to become aggressive with him as they neared the group of paparazzi ready.
“As she got closer, the security shoved his umbrella in my face and camera, then as she got in the car her dad decides to charge me and punch me in the chops” McDonald alleged, including that he referred to as the police to report the incident however didn’t require medical providers.
A spokesperson for the singer tells ET, “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.”
In his interview with NewsWire, McDonald stated that he solely realized that the alleged assailant occurred to be Taylor’s dad — who was seen throughout her Sydney Eras Tour reveals, together with in one video with Insurgent Wilson — till after the actual fact.
“I looked back at the pictures and saw he was holding hands with Taylor. It then became evident that was her father,” the paparazzi photographer advised the outlet, claiming he has a “bruised ego more than anything.”
McDonald additionally shared footage with the outlet which seems to indicate Taylor — coated beneath an umbrella — and Scott strolling up a dock ramp earlier than one other umbrella cuts off the digicam angle and two voices are heard telling one another to not contact the opposite individual’s umbrella.
The video ends with one other voice saying “wasn’t me,” which the photographer claims was one Taylor’s safety guards, seemingly releasing himself of accountability for the incident.
The matter stays below investigation with Australian authorities at the moment.
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