SYDNEY – Australian police are investigating claims that Taylor Swift’s father assaulted a photographer when the American pop star and her entourage were disembarking a super yacht in the early hours of Feb 27.

“Police have been told a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at Neutral Bay Wharf at about 2.30am, before leaving the location,” police spokeswoman Alicia McCumstie told AFP.