Taylor Swift’s Team Issued a Statement After Allegations That Her Dad Punched a Paparazzo

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and has filed a complaint with the police, . “In 23 years of taking pictures, I have never seen anything like it,” McDonald He said he didn’t know why Scott would (allegedly) hit him but speculated, “He probably decided he needed to defend his daughter, for some reason.”The incident occurred as Taylor was leaving a yacht in and getting into her car, and you can see video from two angles , though neither capture a clear view of the altercation.

It looks as if Scott did confront McDonald, but as for a punch, it’s hard to tell. McDonald claimed that Swift’s entourage was “aggressive and unprofessional.”But according to , the photogs were the aggressive ones.

given to multiple outlets, a spokesperson for gave more context, claiming that “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.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.As discovered by one intrepid TikToker, this isn’t the first time McDonald has been accused of crossing the line between working hard to get the story and inappropriate intimidation.

In 2005, Aussie actor Nicole Kidman against him, not because he pushed in on her but because he allegedly planted a listening device on her property, near her home.In response to Team Taylor Swift’s refutation, McDonald spoke again, saying, “This is the sort of bullsh-t I might expect…Which female [staffer] was that?