The Bad Blood Singer Sued Again

                                             

Taylor Swift just can’t seem to shake ’em off. She’s being sued again, this time for allegedly stealing the lyrics to her 2014 platinum mega-hit “Shake It Off.” R&B singer Jesse Braham, whose stage name is Jesse Graham, filed a $42 million lawsuit against Swift this week after accusing her of plagiarizing her lyrics from his song “Haters Gonna Hate.” Initially, all Braham wanted was a selfie — oh, and a writing credit on “Shake It Off.” But when his humble requests were denied, he filed suit. “At first I was going to let it go,” Braham told the New York Daily News, “but this song is my song all the way.” Braham claims there’s “no way” Swift came up with her song independently. The evidence is all right there.

Swift is no stranger to the courtroom, of course. She was dragged in front of a judge to defend using the phrase “Lucky 13″ on T-shirts and greeting cards after being slapped with an infringement suit by streetwear brand Lucky 13. She’s also been accused of ripping off a popular K-pop group with her “Bad Blood” video. And a Colorado DJ is suing her after he was fired for allegedly “grabbing her bottom” during a photo op. And she’s been on the other side of things, too. Her lawyers recently threatened Esty sellers using any of her dozens of trademarked phrases.