Jack Sweeney's Lawyer: No Legal Basis To Stop Taylor Swift Jet Tracker

Taylor Swift just recently sold one of her $40 million private jets, a Dassault Falcon 900LX. She still owns a Dassault Falcon 7X. Credit: Falcon product image.

ORLANDO, Fla. – University of Central Florida student Jack Sweeney pushed back against Taylor Swift's demand that he and his company GRNDCTRL, LLC, cease and desist tracking her private jet and discontinue the Instagram account @taylorswiftjets.

Sweeney has garnered attention over the years for creating x (formerly Twitter) accounts that track the private jets and other aircraft of public figures that include their gas-guzzling emissions.

Sweeney posted Swift's lawyer's demand letter and his lawyer's response letter on his X account in a tweet stating "Look what you made me do" - a play on words from one of Taylor Swift's song titles.

"...you have engaged in stalking and harassing behavior, including consistently publishing real-time and precise information about our Client's location and future whereabouts to the public on social media. This conduct poses an imminent threat to the safety and wellbeing of our Client and must stop," Swift's lawyers wrote in a demand letter sent to Sweeney in December.

"While this may be a game to you, or an avenue that you hope will earn you wealth or fame, it is a life-or-death matter for our Client. Ms. Swift has dealt with stalkers and other individuals who wish her harm since she was a teenager. Indeed, there are many public cases of individuals who have come to Ms. Swift's residences, including those armed with weapons and ammunition, and attempted to harm her. This reality has forced our Client to live her life in a constant state of fear for her personal safety. That fear is and has been significantly heightened due to your reckless actions."

On January 25, Sweeney's lawyer Ethan Jacob sent a response to Swift's lawyer's demand.

"Put simply, there is nothing unlawful about GRNDCTRL's use of publicly accessible information to track private jets, including those used by public figures like Taylor Swift," Sweeney's lawyer wrote.

"Your letter makes that clear by failing to identify any legal claim. Only in a footnote to your December 22, 2023 letter do you flirt with asserting a stalking claim under California law-but the language just before the words you quote explains that a stalker is someone who makes a "credible threat" against a victim. Cal. Civ. Code § 1708.7, subd. (a)(3)(A). Our clients have never made any threats against Ms. Swift and your letter does not suggest they have done so."

Look What You Made Me Do pic.twitter.com/kETxWamSP3

— Jack Sweeney (@Jxck_Sweeney) February 19, 2024