Sweeney, 21, said he received a cease-and-desist letter from Swift’s legal team in December 2023 that accused him of “stalking and harassing behavior” to do with his chronicling of Swift’s travels on her private jet, the Washington Post first reported on Tuesday.
Sweeney’s accounts use publicly accessible information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and international aviation enthusiasts to publish information about celebrity-owned jets. The University of Central Florida student does not say who is travelling on the aircraft he tracks. Sweeney also does not track flights live and waits one day to post details online.
Still, Swift, 34, has insisted through her lawyers that Sweeney’s social media activity has contributed to her “constant state of fear for her personal safety” and has created a “life-or-death matter” for the singer.
Swift is not the only celebrity to have Bad Blood with Sweeney. His jet-tracking endeavours have included the likes of Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and various Russian oligarchs. In 2022, Musk attempted to silence Sweeney and deleted several of his accounts, including his personal account, from X (formerly Twitter).
Amid the purge, X updated its media and private information policy. It is now forbidden to share “live location information” and “other people’s private information without their express authorization and permission” on X. (Since the deletion, Sweeney has created accounts to post about celebrity flights with a 24-hour delay.)
Musk accused Sweeney of sharing “assassination coordinates” with the internet. On Tuesday, Musk voiced his support for Swift’s cease-and-desist against Sweeney. “Sweeney is an awful human being. Taylor Swift is right to be concerned,” Musk, 52, wrote on X.
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