Who is Kimberly Marasco, the poet who sues Taylor Swift?

Kimberly MarascoA relatively unknown poet from Fort Pierce, Florida, made headlines by suing the pop icon Taylor Swift. In the lawsuit submitted in April, it is claimed that the fast plagued Marasco's poetry leads to legal measures in more than a dozen of their hit songs, which could now have serious financial and creative effects on the star.

Who is Kimberly Marasco?

According to her Amazon author profile, Kimberly Marasco is a poet and writer who lives with her two Beagles Cody and Roxy and her partner Todd. She has a bachelor's degree in history and an MBA according to her X (formerly Twitter) biography, and in her career as a writer three published works. One of them, Swift Reflections: Poetry Inspiration, deals directly with their concerns about the similarities between their poems and Swift's texts.

In this book, Marasco writes: “While most of her work is original and her own, I found some songs that clearly resemble the works of other writers, including some of my own” (about style). She calls songs such as “Getaway Car”, “My Tears Ricochet” and “Right Where you left me” to exactly reflect her poems.

Well, what started a modest submission of $ 100 for little things in April in April when the case shifted to the Federal Court. Lawsuit of over 7 million US dollars in Marascos are levied, and citing similarities in texts and topics from several songs in Taylor Swift's album lovers, folklore, midnight and department for torture poets. Marasco also refers to the choreography in Swift's Eras Tour performance of “Vigilante S -” as strikingly similar to a routine that she created.

Although the complaint was submitted months ago, Marasco could only officially serve her as Swift's record breaking eras tour. The State Secretary of Florida was ultimately involved to ensure that the legal announcement was submitted before a judicial period of December 20.

Now that Swift's tour is over and the lawsuit has been officially served, the legal case will progress. It remains to be seen how the court will react to Marasco's claims, but the case has already attracted attention.