{"id":392507,"date":"2022-01-11T17:02:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/taylor-swifts-terrifying-stalker-history-through-the-years\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T17:02:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:02:42","slug":"taylor-swifts-terrifying-stalker-history-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/taylor-swifts-terrifying-stalker-history-through-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"#Taylor Swift&#8217;s terrifying stalker history through the years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c20557fc59\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c20557fc59\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/taylor-swifts-terrifying-stalker-history-through-the-years\/#Eric_Swarbrick\" >Eric Swarbrick<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/taylor-swifts-terrifying-stalker-history-through-the-years\/#Roger_Alvarado\" >Roger Alvarado<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/taylor-swifts-terrifying-stalker-history-through-the-years\/#David_Liddle\" >David Liddle<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Taylor Swift&#8217;s terrifying stalker history through the years<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s life in the spotlight hasn\u2019t been all Champagne problems.<\/p>\n<p>Between the money, fame, multiple Grammy Awards and platinum records, the pop star, 32, has experienced some of the most dangerous run-ins with obsessive fans \u2014 some of whom are still out there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe threats on her life have become so persistent that her security team installed facial recognition software at the venues she performs in to specifically distinguish her stalkers from her fans,\u201d says Jake Brennan in the new true-crime podcast <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disgracelandpod.com\/\">\u201cDisgraceland,\u201d<\/a> which <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disgracelandpod.com\/story\">explores<\/a> the dark side of the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine that you\u2019re so famous and so harassed that [you\u2019d need] <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> that is specially programmed and installed to identify the lunatics that want to kill you,\u201d he says in the episode, which premiered Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Her violent pursuers have ranged from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/08\/taylor-swifts-stalker-speaks-out-in-jailhouse-interview-i-dont-regret-it\/\">Roger Alvarado<\/a> breaking into her luxury homes to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tn-state-wire-texas-nashville-entertainment-courts-9c287fddc520780f133e2d8e19711a8c\">Eric Swarbrick<\/a> driving more than 900 miles to send her \u201clove\u201d letters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Taylor swift\" class=\"wp-image-20757553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Taylor Swift performs during the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Oct. 30, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Rock and Ro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The barrage of stalking incidents has had a dramatic effect on Swift, who wrote a candid essay for\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a26628467\/taylor-swift-30th-birthday-lessons\/\">Elle<\/a> in March 2019 where she opened up about her peeping Toms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get enough stalkers trying to break into your house and you kind of start prepping for bad things,\u201d she wrote. \u201cEvery day I try to remind myself of the good in the world, the love I\u2019ve witnessed, and the faith I have in humanity. We have to live bravely in order to truly feel alive, and that means not being ruled by our greatest fears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look back at the \u201cCats\u201d star\u2019s stalkers \u2014 and their dark motives for pursuing the singer. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eric_Swarbrick\"><\/span>Eric Swarbrick<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"946\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=946\" alt=\"Taylor swift stalker\" class=\"wp-image-20757559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1892 1892w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1419 1419w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=946 946w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=473 473w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\"\/><figcaption>Eric Swarbrick<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Metro Nashville Poli<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Swarbrick drove 900 miles \u2014 from Austin, Texas, to Nashville, Tennessee \u2014 on three separate occasions to deliver more than 40 letters and death threats to Swift, her former label Big Machine Records and its CEO Scott Borchetta, in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not hesitate to kill her, Scott,\u201d one of Swarbrick\u2019s threatening letters said. \u201cAnd there is nothing that you or your lawyers or the law can do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swarbrick\u2019s obsession with Swift began when he was 22 years old and continued for four years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe felt the object of his obsession with Taylor Swift reach out to him in over 100 dreams,\u201d Brennan says in the podcast. \u201cEric logged these visions into his notebooks and [felt] he had waited long enough to claim her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swarbrick\u2019s letters were cordial at first, and he even sent \u201crespectful\u201d emails to Big Machine. But no one answered him.<\/p>\n<p>The letters got progressively scarier and more threatening, eventually saying that he wanted to \u201crape and kill\u201d Swift, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/culture\/main\/article\/Austin-stalker-who-threatened-to-rape-and-kill-15574148.php\">U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Swarbrick opted to send his letters in person to the record label and not to Swift\u2019s homes. He knew her residences had \u201csecurity like Fort Knox,\u201d so going to her houses was out of the question.<\/p>\n<p>He eventually pleaded guilty to charges of stalking and was later <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/09\/16\/texas-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-stalking-taylor-swift\/\">sentenced<\/a> to 30 months in prison. When his jail stint ends next year, he\u2019ll be subject to supervised release for three years.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Roger_Alvarado\"><\/span>Roger Alvarado<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Roger Alvarado, arrested for being on Taylor Swift's 155 Franklin street property, thursday early AM. photo William Farrington\" class=\"wp-image-20757558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Roger Alvarado<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alvarado <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/07\/taylor-swifts-accused-stalker-arrested-for-breaking-into-her-apartment-building\/\">broke into Swift\u2019s Tribeca apartment<\/a> not once, but twice in less than a year (April 2018 and March 2019).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoger Alvarado was among the worst,\u201d Brennan said. \u201cPolice found him n<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing in the bed of her NYC apartment. He just showered in her private bathroom and was as fresh as a demented little daisy. He was waiting for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alvarado spent six months in jail for attempted burglary for the first time he crashed at Swift\u2019s Big Apple pad. After his release, he did it again.<\/p>\n<p>Police said he used a ladder to climb the back of the building and then used a concrete block to smash through the glass door.<\/p>\n<p>After his second arrest, he eerily told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/08\/taylor-swifts-stalker-speaks-out-in-jailhouse-interview-i-dont-regret-it\/\">Page Six<\/a> that he doesn\u2019t regret his actions. When asked if he would do it again, he replied: \u201cProbably, with more violence, but not towards her. I don\u2019t want to hurt her. I just wanted to speak to her, to talk to her. She seems nice [and] cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alvarado took a plea deal in 2019,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/04\/01\/taylor-swifts-stalker-cops-plea-deal-in-break-in-case\/?_ga=2.112043268.148892464.1555351238-1526815651.1511972600\">copping to criminal contempt in exchange for two to four years in prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"David_Liddle\"><\/span>David Liddle <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-04.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"David Liddle \" class=\"wp-image-20757556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-04.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-04.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-04.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>David Liddle <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Westerly Police Depa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201d \u2018A crowbar. An aluminum baseball bat. Lock picks. A few pairs of rubber gloves.\u2019 Taylor couldn\u2019t bring herself to keep reading [the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper article],\u201d Brennan said about David Liddle, a man from Iowa who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/07\/24\/man-busted-outside-taylor-swifts-home-with-crowbar-bat-and-dozens-of-lock-picks\/\">was arrested near Swift\u2019s Rhode Island mansion<\/a> in 2019 and brought these items along with him.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/man-arrested-outside-taylor-swift-s-home-had-crowbar-lock-n1033126\">police caught Liddle near the home<\/a>, where he had no suitcases but held onto a backpack full of tools. Liddle allegedly told the cops that he was an old friend of Swift\u2019s, and he was there to get some music industry tips from her.<\/p>\n<p>The case against Liddle was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oxygen.com\/crime-time\/taylor-swifts-alleged-stalker-david-page-liddle-gets-case-dismissed\">dismissed<\/a> in August of that year.<\/p>\n<p>No matter who the person was, \u201ceach one of these men were the same sick bastard inside. They all professed love for a woman they never spent a second with,\u201d Brennan says on the show. \u201cThey were in love with a Google search. Nothing more.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Between the money, fame, multiple Grammy Awards and platinum records, the pop star, 32, has experienced some of the most dangerous run-ins with obsessive fans \u2014 some of whom are still out there. \u201cThe threats on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":392508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/taylor-swift-stalkers-99.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[123717,82455,23498,70671],"class_list":["post-392507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-1-11-22","tag-celebrity-stalkers","tag-podcasts","tag-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}