Let's see how long that smile lasts.
Posted on 09/17/2020 6:34:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Texas man was sentenced in a Tennessee federal court on Wednesday after he admitted to threatening the head of a record label, records show. Eric Swarbrick, 28, must spend 30 months behind bars in connection to threatening letters, in which he also wrote that he wanted to rape and kill pop star Taylor Swift.
“Too often, we have seen the consequences of ignoring signs of escalating violent behavior by some individuals,” U.S. Attorney Don Cochran said when charges were first filed in September 2018. “The attention given to this matter by our law enforcement partners and the resulting federal charges we have brought should serve to prevent a future tragic event.”
The letters were directed at Scott Borchetta, CEO of the Big Machine Label Group (BMLG) in Nashville, prosecutors said. Swarbrick wrote that he wanted an introduction with record label client Swift. The defendant said that he wandered around the company offices in the past, authorities said.
At least 40 letters and emails were sent to the company. These “became increasingly violent and sexual in nature,” officials said. He drove across state lines to deliver some of those letters to BMLG, prosecutors said. Nashville cops arrested Swarbrick in one incident on August 2, 2018, but he continued to send at least 13 more threatening letters and emails that month, prosecutors said.
“In many of the letters, Swarbrick expressed his desire to rape and kill Taylor Swift and in one he stated he would kill himself in front of Borchetta and his staff,” the DOJ stated.
Swarbrick pleaded guilty in Oct. 2019 to interstate stalking and sending interstate communications with the intent to threaten. As part of his sentence, he is also slated for three years of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment.
[Mugshot via Metro Nashville Police Department]
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Headline is misleading.
He went to prison for making a threat, not admitting a perverted desire.
Eric Swarbrick is not too Swift.
Not long enough of a sentence!
Taylor has had numerous wild and crazy guys trying to get her attention at any cost. Take a look at his picture, he looks like an Antifa-Nerd who just won the lottery.
Maybe the smiling picture was taken out of context.
His mug reminds me of Roy, Sharon Marsh’s boyfriend in South Park.
Let's see how long that smile lasts.
You’d figure Taylor would go for the antifa types.
A few years back, my son took me to the Musical instruments Museum outside of Phoenix. It was a very enjoyable experience, in part because 90% of the people were all clustered in the Taylor Swift memorabilia collection, leaving the remaining 90% of the museum to the rest of us. (Anyone who goes there, make sure you see the octobass; you really can’t miss it, it’s about 13 feet tall.)
So?
But all the threats against President Trump are okay. Grrrrrrrr!!!!
This sets an excellent legal precedent!
Now we can start throwing the book at those that threaten President Trump on a daily basis.
Or use it to arrest BLM/Antifa Pukes that threaten my business, livelihood, home and family.
Taylor Swift came through for America - though I’m sure she’d rather not. ;)
Ping to Post 13. :)
I sometimes wonder what a day in the life for Taylor Swift’s security detail must be like. I’m sure there is no end to the stories they could tell about deranged fans and craziness.
I want to kill her autotune ...
sorry she doesn’t need autotune. neither did charlie parker. There are certain people, independent of their politics or their addictions or their gender who are given a talent to create classic music.
You don’t need to like it. I get that. This response was about auto-tune and I can guarantee to you she really doesn’t need it.
Oh I can't possibly imagine.
From Teenage Girls, Teenage Boys, Murderers seeking fame, Terrorists.
Goodness.
He should’ve been put in prison just for having lousy tastes.
Idiot ... if he wore a BLM tee he would have walked.
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