As one of the world's most famous human beings, Taylor Swift has had to deal with plenty of negative — and sometimes even dangerous — attention in addition to all the acclaim.
In the newest episode of Investigation Discovery's Hollywood Demons docuseries, titled "Stalking the Stars," the brother of Swift's convicted stalker, Eric Swarbrick, opened up about his sibling's crimes and subsequent arrest.
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"My brother believed Taylor Swift was his soulmate, and it got out of hand. He wrote 40 letters to Taylor Swift back in 2018," Matthew Swarbrick recalled, per Entertainment Weekly. "The first one is not threatening, just strange."
It wasn't long before Eric's letters took a turn, however.
"Just a few months later, one of them references, 'I'll have one goal in mind, to push Taylor to kill herself for knowingly abandoning me to my mother,'" Matthew said.
While Eric was "popular" in high school, according to Matthew, he "didn't know a lot of people" when he went to college, he "didn't know a lot of people."
"I feel like he started spending more time by himself. Some of the isolation eventually got to him," Matthew speculated.
After graduating, Eric sent a "series of tweets" about a "soulmate."
"They did not reference anybody in particular, but it was not something that a normal person would write," Matthew said. "It basically referenced being a prophet of God, being on the verge of becoming the Antichrist. I remember feeling very desperate because we knew he needed help and we had absolutely no idea what we could do."
Eric started sending letters to Scott Borchetta, CEO of Swift's record label at the time, Big Machine, begging for an introduction to the singer. Soon after, the letters took a violent tone.
"I will not hesitate to kill her, and there's nothing you, your lawyers, or the law will be about to do about it. Remember who I am," Eric wrote. In another letter, he threatened to sexually assault Swift, writing, "This is why I hate Taylor herself...This is how I know I am Taylor's soulmate."
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Eric eventually started bringing his letters to the Big Machine offices personally, which led to his 2018 arrest. Though he was initially released, he was arrested again after sending more letters and charged with interstate stalking and sending interstate communications with intent to threaten. In 2019, Eric pleaded guilty to the charges and went on to be sentenced to 30 months in prison and three additional years of supervised release by a federal judge.
"It was sad, it was depressing," Matthew said of his brother's ordeal. "There are some people that need punishment and some people that need treatment. I certainly wish he was taken to a mental health hospital earlier than they did."
Since being released from prison, however, Eric began "seeing a psychiatrist and slowly he was starting to become his old self in a lot of ways," Matthew continued, adding that his brother is a "playful and interactive" uncle to his children.
Unfortunately, Swift has been targeted by other stalkers throughout her career. Just last year, German police detained a U.S. man suspected of making threats against Swift and Travis Kelce on social media as he attempted to attend the Eras Tour concert in Gelsenkrichen, USA Today reported.
"Stalking the Stars" is scheduled to premiere on Monday, April 28, on ID.
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