‘Nothing illegal’: College students who tracked Taylor Swift’s jets fight back

“Look what you made me do,” Mr Sweeney wrote in the caption when sharing the letter.

Jack Sweeney, a 21-year-old college student who received a cease-and-desist letter from his lawyer after tracking Taylor Swift’s private jet, has responded to the legal threat. According to the New York Times, he shared a letter sent by his lawyer on X (formerly Twitter) that referenced one of the pop star’s songs. new york post. “Look what you made me do,” Sweeney wrote in the caption, referring to the song from her 2017 Reputation album.

Taylor Swift’s lawyers have accused Sweeney of “stalking and harassing conduct” when he tracked the American singer’s plane movements.Attorney Katie Wright Moroun letter “While this may be a game to you, or a path to wealth or fame you hope to earn for yourself, for our clients it is a matter of life or death,” said.

However, Mr Sweeney’s legal team claimed Ms Morrone could not find any evidence to bring proceedings against their client for using his “protected speech” and publishing federal aviation documents that were accessible to the public. Authority data. “In short, it is not illegal for (Sweeney) to use publicly available information to track private jets, including those used by public figures such as Taylor Swift,” said attorney James Slater of Slater Legal PLLC. The lawyer noted, He also used the same data to post information about Elon Musk’s private jet.

Look what you made me do pic.twitter.com/kETxWamSP3

— Jack Sweeney (@Jxck_Sweeney) February 19, 2024

“The comments made by the @taylorswiftjets account are protected and do not violate any of Ms. Swift’s legal rights. Your letter makes this clear by not identifying any legal claims,” ​​he added.

The only legal charge Ms. Moroney brought was under California’s stalking legislation, but even in that case a stalker was defined as someone who posed a “credible threat” to the victim, and Mr. Sweeney never Been doing this. His lawyer. Furthermore, Mr. Slater said Swift’s safety had not been compromised as a result of leaked information about the whereabouts of the private jet. “We don’t know why you would think the best claim against Florida individuals and their companies would be California statutes, but that, coupled with the lack of any credible legal claims, shows this is a baseless attempt to intimidate and censor our clients behavior,” he concluded.

Mr Sweeney told CNN Earlier, he said his actions were not intended to cause any harm and noted that he was compiling “public information.” “I actually think Swift has some good songs,” the college student said. “I believe in transparency and public information,” he added.

He also went on to say that there is a high level of interest in these accounts from Swift fans. He added that she may have had a “fair expectation” that her plane would be tracked “whether I did it or not.”