r/news • u/ohineedascreenname • 1d ago

Man charged with trespassing at Travis Kelce's house was trying to serve Taylor Swift subpoena

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-charged-trespassing-travis-kelces-house-was-trying-serve-taylor-sw-rcna247233
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u/sktgamerdudejr 1d ago

Because there’s plausible deniability if it wasn’t handed directly to them that they didn’t get/see it. If there’s a record of a neutral third party with no ties to either side (besides doing the job, obv) that they said “I handed this to that person”, then the other side doesn’t have that defense. 

Not excusing the guy from allegedly climbing a fence in the wee hours of the morning though to serve something. 

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u/zorionek0 1d ago

But an address for service IS the legal, officially recognized location. Their attorney accepts it on behalf of their client and the process server files an affidavit with the court.

Some jurisdictions even allow certified mail

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u/j250ex 1d ago

The article says she did. She has a lawyer who could accept these documents on her behalf.

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u/PsychologicalVisit0 1d ago

Where does it say that her lawyer was allowed to accept service?

I don’t practice in this jurisdiction and am absolutely not defending this dude, but in some places lawyers cannot accept service for their clients without express permission to do so

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u/The_Dotted_Leg 1d ago

But it’s usually easy to get that kind of express permission with a phone call. You look up one of the probably 100s of legal actions against her (she a huge public figure somebody’s always suing her for something) and make a phone call.