Tylor’s Swift accused stalker sported a sweatshirt with the message ‘love doesn’t just sit there like a stone’ as he faced his first day in court.
David Crowe, 33, was arrested twice in three days – on Saturday and again on Monday – after he was seen creeping around the star’s New York City apartment while holding flowers.
Prosecutors said on Wednesday that Crow, from Seattle, has been spotted at Swift’s Tribeca home as many as 30 times over the last two months. He allegedly asked to speak to the singer several times.
Crowe was charged on Wednesday with stalking in the 4th-degree and harassment in the 1st and 2nd-degrees.
His sweatshirt featured the quote by American author Ursula K Le Guin, which fully reads: ‘Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.’
Taylor Swift’s alleged stalked David Crowe, 33, appeared in Manhattan court on Wednesday
His sweatshirt featured the quote by author Ursula K Le Guin, which fully reads: ‘Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new’
He did not enter a plea but was released on the condition that he do not contact Swift
He did not enter a plea but was released on the condition that he do not contact Swift.
Crow was arrested on Monday after police were told he was ‘acting erratically’ outside Swift’s $20million apartment on Franklin Street – three days after he was detained for trying to break into the building.
One neighbor told the New York Post that the man had been seen regularly outside the building since Christmas – sitting on the doorstep, chain-smoking, and telling people he was there to see Swift. He even had flowers for her at one point.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department (NYPD) said: ‘Officers were approached by multiple complainants who pointed out an emotionally disturbed male acting erratically at the location.
‘Once officers observed the male harassing multiple complainants, they took him to custody without further incidents, no injuries were reported.’
Crowe was seen peering into Swift’s TriBeCa apartment building on Saturday morning
Swift’s home in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood has become a common meeting place for her most fervent fans. She is seen in NYC on Thursday
At the time, Swift was away in Buffalo, New York – supporting her boyfriend Travis Kelce as his team the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills in an NFL play-off game.
Three days earlier, on Saturday, Crowe was pictured peering into Swift’s lobby of her apartment building before ending up in cuffs.
The NYPD told DailyMail.com Crowe was taken into custody on Saturday on an active warrant for failing to answer summons from 2017.
It is not known where Swift was at the time of this particular incident.
The 12-time Grammy winner has previously caught the eye of over-eager fans, with a string of stalkers in her history leading her sold-out ‘Eras’ megatour to install facial recognition software to identify certain men from her past.
Swift’s home in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood has become a common meeting place for her most fervent fans, often camping out in hopes of catching a glimpse of their favorite artist.
But her megastar status has also attracted its fair share of unsavory supporters.
Swift’s megastar status has attracted its fair share of unsavory supporters, including Mitchel Taebel (left) and Joshua Christian (right)
In September 2020, stalker Eric Swarbrick (pictured) was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to following and sending threatening letters to Swift
In 2021 Swift opened up about her growing fear of stalkers and creepy fans, telling Elle: ‘My fear of violence has continued into my personal life.
‘I carry QuikClot army grade bandage dressing, which is for gunshot or stab wounds… you get enough stalkers trying to break into your house and you kind of start prepping for bad things.’
In May 2023, alleged stalker Mitchel Taebel, 36, from Indiana, was arrested after he visited Swift’s Nashville home, following a string of bizarre antics.
Police said he sent pictures of weapons to members of Swift’s team threatening to ‘destroy them’, before leaving a message with the singer’s father saying he was her ‘soulmate’ and ‘he is the only one that can make her secure.’
In July 2022, ‘Swift mania’ also saw Brooklyn resident Joshua Christian fly into a frenzy in court after he was caught trying to sneak into the same TriBeCa apartment, and hurling threats through the intercom.
The manic support that Swift conjures also saw Texas resident Eric Swarbrick plead guilty in September 2020 to stalking and sending threatening letters and emails to her record label.
He was sentenced to 30 months behind bars after reportedly sending over 40 letters and emails to Big Machine Label Group in January 2018.