
A court in Vienna dismissed the lawsuit of a man convicted of planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert
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Beran A. was sentenced to 15 years in prison for planning an attack on Taylor Swift's concert in Vienna in August 2024.
Beran A. lost his lawsuit against Disney for invasion of privacy on Wednesday. The case concerned showing his parents' house for a few seconds in a documentary series about the singer - "Taylor Swift: The End of an Era".
The court in Vienna found that the place of residence is not data requiring the highest level of legal protection. He also pointed out that Beran A. was no longer living in the building shown at the time the program was broadcast and - as indicated - the name of the convict was not provided in the material.
He planned to attack a Taylor Swift concert
In May this year, the 21-year-old was sentenced to 15 years in prison for planning an attack on Taylor Swift's concert in Vienna in August 2024.
An Austrian of North Macedonian origin, who pledged allegiance to the jihadist organization Islamic State, was detained the day before the first of three Swift concerts scheduled in Vienna.
According to the prosecutor's office, he received instructions from ISIS to construct a bomb and tried to illegally buy weapons. After his arrest, all three concerts were canceled.
The singer previously said that she "narrowly avoided a massacre" during her record-breaking Eras Tour. She learned about the planned attack on her way to Austria.

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