He may be the reason for the teardrops on her guitar (That one's for the old-school Swifties!), but the man who's said to be most responsible for nurturing Taylor Swift's musical talents in her adolescence is now being sued by the singer.
A man named Ronald Cremer was hired by Taylor's parents to teach her guitar after she started showing an aptitude for music in her early teens.
Recently, Cremer exposed a series of lies about Taylor's past in a revealing interview with the New York Daily News. Now, Cremer is being sued by Swift's lawyers...but not for his comments about her childhood.
The Daily News is now reporting that Swift's people contacted Cremer and demanded that he take down his website - "ITaughtTaylorSwift Dot Com."
Given the important role that he played in her musical development, it seems only reasonable that the man should be entitled to cash in a bit on Taylor's success.
(Taylor even gifted Cremer with one of her platinum records and a $5,000 guitar as a way acknowledging his contributions to her career.)
So is Swift's sudden litigiousness just a way of controlling every aspect of her brand? (She recently trademarked the phrase, "This sick beat," as a means of ensuring that no one profits from Taylor but Taylor.)
Or is it an act or revenge? Is Taylor sending a message to Cremer and other past business associates that she wants her past to stay in the past, and she's willing to go nuclear on anyone who contradicts the fairy tale version of her upbringing?
We may never know for sure, but one this is for certain - the demure teenage pop princess is dead and gone, and the Taylor the ruthless businesswoman is here to stay.
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