The Australian Police are investigating the alleged attack by the father of the American singer Taylor Swift on a paparazi, in an incident that occurred in the city of Sydney, shortly after the concert that the pop star offered in the country.
“A 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at Neutral Bay wharf (north of Sydney) at around 2.30am (15.30 GMT on Monday) before leaving the scene,” police said. state of New South Wales in a first statement sent to Efe.
The agents ended up identifying Scott Swift as the alleged aggressor, although they did not provide details of the circumstances under which this incident occurred in which none of those involved required medical treatment.
According to CNN, the person attacked is photographer Ben McDonald, who explains that he was trying to take some images of the artist when she was aboard a yacht in Sydney Harbor. The star’s entourage assures this medium that the trigger for the confrontation would have been threats from the press to a member of his staff.
Taylor Swift, an artist who has won 12 Grammy Awards, offered seven concerts between February 16 and 26 in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne as part of her The Eras Tour, one of the highest-grossing tours in history.
In the absence of specifying what the investigation into her father will end up with, the Fearless singer will continue the tour through Asia, where she will offer six concerts in Singapore between March 2 and 9, before making the leap to Europe.
