Australian authorities are investigating a claim by a photographer that he was attacked by Taylor Swift's father. Ben McDonald, 51, alleges that Scott Swift, 71, hit him on a Sydney wharf. The incident occurred after Swift and his daughter disembarked from a yacht on Tuesday. While Taylor Swift's spokesperson didn't comment on the alleged assault, they stated that two individuals behaved aggressively towards them. A video released by Australian media shows the singer walking with her father and security guards on Neutral Bay Wharf around 02:30 local time. McDonald stated that Swift attacked him after the singer had already entered a car. He claimed he hadn't provoked the incident. According to Swift's representative, two people were aggressively approaching Taylor and her team. The incident was reported to the police, who are now investigating.
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00:00 Australian authorities are investigating a claim by a photographer that he was attacked
00:08 by Taylor Swift's father. Ben MacDonald alleges that Scott Swift hit him on a Sydney wharf.
00:15 The incident occurred after Swift and his daughter disembarked from a yacht on Tuesday.
00:21 While Taylor Swift's spokesperson didn't comment on the alleged assault, they stated
00:26 that two individuals behaved aggressively towards them. A video released by Australian
00:32 media shows the singer walking with her father and security guards on Neutral Bay wharf
00:37 at around 2.30am local time. MacDonald stated that Swift attacked him after the singer had
00:44 already entered a car. He claimed he hadn't provoked the incident. According to Swift's
00:49 representative, two people were aggressively approaching Taylor and her team. The incident
00:55 was reported to the police who are now investigating.