Taylor Swift granted restraining order against alleged stalker
Taylor Swift has been granted a restraining order against a Colorado man after he repeatedly showed up to her Los Angeles home and claimed to be in a 'relationship' and live with her.
The singer told a California judge that Brian Jason Wagner, 45, from Henderson, Colorado, made visits to her $US25 million ($A38 million) LA house in July 2024, Realtor reports.
Mr Wagner allegedly turned up at the property multiple times up until May of this year, according to NBC News.
The pop star who is currently dating Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, filed a protection order against Mr Wagner on June 7.
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The musician stated in legal documents that her security team had confronted him on numerous occasions — and alleged he had once been found at her property 'carrying a glass bottle that could have been used as a weapon'.
'During each of these visits, I am informed that Mr. Wagner made various statements about living at my property (not true), being in a relationship with me (not true), believing I am the mother of his son (not true), and needing to see me in person, all of which are untrue and disconnected from reality,' Swift said in the filing.
She added that Mr Wagner's behaviour made her 'fear for my safety and the safety of my family.'
Most recently, Swift says that Mr Wagner turned up to her Los Angeles home twice in May, claiming that he begged on-site staff to let him see her, before insisting that 'he was there checking on a friend'.
Following that incident, Swift's team ran a criminal-background check and discovered that Mr Wagner had previously been incarcerated in 2023.
Mr Wagner began sending the Grammy-winner 'lengthy communications' in which he professed his love for her and made multiple references to them being in a 'relationship'.
A member of the singer's security team claimed that Mr Wagner made several attempts to contact Swift while behind bars, prompting them to create a 'security alert' that flagged him as being a threat to her safety.
'Mr Wagner has also sent my staff hundreds of emails with similarly concerning and threatening language, tried to divert mail from my residence to his attention, and even lied to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to somehow change the address on his driver's license to my Los Angeles home,' the singer claimed.
'The fact that both of these recent visits and Mr. Wagner's inappropriate and threatening communications to my staff about me have escalated in recent weeks creates a fear of imminent harm.
Swift's team decided to escalate the situation to the California courts when a driver's license for Mr Wagner with the star's address listed as his own was shipped to her property.
The hit-maker emphasised her fears in the filing as she noted that she doesn't know Mr Wagner and has never met him, spoken to him, or shared the location of her property with him.
'I do not share publicly where I reside and have never shared my address or the location of my Los Angeles residence with Mr. Wagner,' Swift added.
'Therefore, the fact that Mr. Wagner has determined where I reside and visited the property several times, refusing to leave and claiming to need access, makes me fear for my safety and the safety of my family.'
According to members of her security team, Mr Wagner's attempts to contact Swift have increased in recent weeks, with staff claiming that he has sent her 26 emails during that period.
Swift was granted a temporary restraining order for herself, her home, her car, and her workplace, against Mr Wagner until the hearing date on June 30.
Now that the judge has granted Swift the temporary restraining order, Mr Wagner could be arrested if he violates it.
This isn't the first time Swift has feared for her safety due to stalking or harassment.
In 2024, a man was charged with stalking and harassment for showing up to her New York pad over 30 times in the span of a couple of months.
Two years earlier, a drunken Virginia man was accused of crashing his car into her New York property before trying to enter her building.
In 2019, an Iowa man was arrested near her Rhode Island home for carrying a backpack containing over 30 lock picks and burglary tools. He informed police that he wanted to see Swift.
Swift purchased the California property in 2015 for $US25 million. The lavish spread was once owned by movie producer Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Goldwyn Pictures.
The home, which sits on two acres and offers over 10,000 square feet of living space, has been described in the listing as the 'epitome of cordial grace and distinguished heritage.
Highlights of the home include seven bedrooms, a guest suite, a screening room, and a gym.
The parklike grounds offer up a championship tennis court, rose garden, pool, and pool house.
She also holds the keys to two Tribeca penthouses, a Rhode Island vacation getaway, and two Nashville properties.
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