Taylor Swift recordsdata restraining order towards alleged stalker, says he ‘makes me concern for my security’
Taylor Swift filed a restraining order towards a 45-year-old man she says has been displaying as much as her Los Angeles properties for nearly a yr and claiming to be in a relationship together with her.
The megastar filed the request for defense on Friday, claiming that Brian Jason Wagner, of Henderson, Colorado, has been harassing and stalking her, inflicting her to endure emotional misery.
In accordance with Swift’s declaration, Wagner first began displaying as much as her dwelling in July 2024, and made no less than three visits to the property in that month alone. He was confronted by her safety crew every time, and through a kind of visits, Wagner “was carrying a glass bottle that would have been used as a weapon,” the singer mentioned.
“Throughout every of those visits, I’m knowledgeable that Mr. Wagner made numerous statements about residing at my property (not true), being in a relationship with me (not true), believing I’m the mom of his son (not true), and needing to see me in individual, all of that are unfaithful and disconnected from actuality,” Swift wrote in her declaration.
Wagner allegedly returned to her Los Angeles dwelling twice final month, asking to see her and saying that “he was there checking on a buddy,” in keeping with Swift. That is when Swift’s crew ran a legal historical past report and realized that Wagner was allegedly incarcerated in 2023 when he started sending her “prolonged communications” wherein he wrote about his infatuation together with her, claimed to be in a relationship together with her and made different claims about being concerned in her private life.
A member of Swift’s safety crew who additionally filed a declaration mentioned that Wagner had made a whole bunch of communication makes an attempt to Swift whereas he was incarcerated, prompting them to create a “safety alert” acknowledging him as a risk.
“Mr. Wagner has additionally despatched my workers a whole bunch of emails with equally regarding and threatening language, tried to divert mail from my residence to his consideration, and even lied to the Division of Motor Automobiles (DMV) to someway change the handle on his driver’s license to my Los Angeles dwelling,” the singer mentioned.
A driver’s license for Wagner itemizing Swift’s Los Angeles dwelling handle as his residence was shipped to the property, which is how her safety crew realized of it, a member of the crew mentioned within the submitting.
Swift stresses in her submitting that she doesn’t identified Wagner, and has by no means met him, spoken to him, or shared her Los Angeles dwelling handle with him. Communications to her workers have additionally elevated not too long ago, with Wagner sending them over 26 emails in previous weeks, the safety crew member alleged.
“Subsequently, the truth that Mr. Wagner has decided the place I reside and visited the property a number of instances, refusing to go away and claiming to want entry, makes me concern for my security and the protection of my household,” she mentioned in her declaration. “The truth that each of those latest visits and Mr. Wagner’s inappropriate and threatening communications to my workers about me have escalated in latest weeks creates a concern of imminent hurt.”
A listening to date is scheduled for June 30, in keeping with court docket data. Swift has been granted a brief restraining order for herself, her dwelling, her automobile and her office, towards Wagner till then.
If a choose grants Swift the restraining order, Wagner could possibly be arrested if he violates it.
An lawyer for Swift and Wagner didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
This actually is not the primary time a person has made information for allegedly stalking or harassing the megastar.
In 2024, a person was charged with stalking and harassment for visiting her New York dwelling about 30 instances in a matter of a few months.
Two years prior, a Virginia man was accused of drunkenly crashing his automobile into the identical New York condo earlier than making an attempt to power his approach into the constructing.
An Iowa man was arrested close to her Rhode Island dwelling in 2019 carrying a backpack containing greater than 30 lock picks and different housebreaking instruments. He instructed police he hoped to go to Swift.