Taylor Swift Sued for Millions: Exclusive

EXCLUSIVE: Did Taylor Swift’s father conspire to cheat her former manager out of millions of dollars earned by launching the Grammy-winning country star? That’s the question before a federal judge in New York in a case brought by Dan Dymtrow, a music manager who claims he’s owed millions in commissions because he discovered Swift, signed her in April 2004 when she was 14 and played a key role in building her career before being dumped in July 2005, just before Swift signed with Big Machine Records and became an international sensation. Dymtrow says his management deals with Swift and parents Scott and Andrea Swift provided that he be paid between 5%-10% commission (or more) from Taylor’s music career. But after developing Swift and introducing her to industry heavyweights like Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta, Dymtrow says he was strung along by the family and then fired to avoid paying him. “They delayed and delayed [the deal] and got rid of my client and subsequently signed the deal and kept his commissions for themselves,” Dymtrow attorney Fernando Pinguelo said. In response, the Swifts claim that because Dymtrow failed to obtain the required court approval of his management contract with Taylor, then a minor, she legally disaffirmed the deal in 2005, months before she signed the Big Machine deal and a full year before she released her debut single, “Tim McGraw.” “For him to claim that her success and her major contracts were procured by him is ludicrous,” said Swift’s …