Just weeks after Taylor Swift sent X user (formerly Twitter) Jack Sweeney a cease-and-desist for tracking her jet, the University of Central Florida student has responded on his social media account.
As previously reported, Sweeney was sent the letter after he started tracking Swift’s jet. The college student is known for tracking flight logs for planes and helicopters owned by billionaires, politicians, and other public figures. He has pointed out all the information is publicly available from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
However, Taylor Swift’s attorney at the Washington law firm Venable demanded that Sweeney stop his “stalking and harassing” behavior. If he didn’t, she had to pursue any and all legal remedies. Swift’s legal team noted that the tracking had caused her and her family “direct and irreparable” harm. “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,” the letter states.
The legal team also stated that there is “no legitimate interest in or public need for this information.”
“Other than to stalk, harass, and exert dominion and control,” the letter continues.
Jack Sweeney Responds to Taylor Swift With Legal Receipts
In his latest post on X, Jack Sweeney shared the letter he had sent to Taylor Swift and her legal team. Slater Legal, along with Ethan Jacobs of Ethan Jacobs Law Corporation, which represents Sweeney’s GRNDCTRL, LLC, sent the letter.
“Put simply, there is nothing unlawful about GRNDCTRL’s use of publicly accessible information to track private jets,” the letter reads. “Including those used by public figures like Taylor Swift.”
Slater Legal also posted a link to an article detailing how Sweeney’s accounts followed Russian oligarchs’ jets. The legal team said the Taylor Swift Jet account is “engaged in protected speech that does not violate any of Ms. Swift’s legal rights.”
“Your letter makes that clear by failing to identify any legal claim,” the letter continues. “Only in the footnote to your Dec. 22, 2023 letter do you flirt with asserting a stalking claim under California Law – but the language before the words you quote explains that a stalker is someone who makes a “credible threat” against the victim.”
Slater Legal also declared that Sweeney has never made any threats against Swift. “Further, you’re letter’s tone of alarm is unfounded. Our clients’ website only provides the location of private jets using publicly available information. That information poses no threat to Ms. Swift’s safety.”
Sweeney went on to share the letter from Taylor Swift’s legal team as well. “For reference, the first letter from Swift’s team,” he wrote.