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   From: mikeh@abc.com   
      
   A Denver country music radio personality has filed a lawsuit   
   against music superstar Taylor Swift.   
      
   The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District court in Denver,   
   alleges that David Mueller, known on the radio as "Jackson," was   
   fired from his job and banned from Swift concerts for life based   
   on false allegations that he inappropriately touched Swift   
   during a photo session at the Pepsi Center.   
      
   The incident in question happened June 2, 2013, when Mueller was   
   invited, as part of his then-job at 98.5 KYGO on the "Ryno and   
   Jackson" morning show, to meet and greet Swift backstage.   
      
   According to the suit, Mueller posed with Swift and his   
   girlfriend, Shannon Melcher.   
      
   After some small talk, "Swift suddenly announced it was picture   
   time" and "quickly put her right arm" around Melcher. Mueller   
   jumped into the photo "at the last second."   
      
   Swift cordially thanked the couple and they left, the suit said.   
      
   After the photograph, Mueller, in the suit, said he met a co-   
   worker who "excitedly told him about his experience meeting Ms.   
   Swift earlier that night."   
      
   The co-worker "described and demonstrated how he had put his   
   arms around her, hands on her bottom," according to the filing.   
      
   Later, as Mueller and Melcher were inside the Pepsi Center, they   
   were approached by a Swift security team member named Craig.   
      
   The security member accused Mueller of grabbing Swift's bottom   
   earlier in the night. Security members surrounded the couple,   
   verbally abused them and escorted them to an exit door,   
   according to the suit.   
      
   Mueller, who denies the allegations, was fired on June 4, 2013.   
      
   "Mueller steadfastly maintains that no inappropriate contact of   
   any kind occurred between him and Ms. Swift," the filing said.   
      
   The suit claims Mueller lost his job and other prospective   
   business opportunities because of the allegations.   
      
   Mueller, who has worked in radio for more than 20 years, made a   
   base salary of $150,000 at the time he was fired. His position   
   also came with performance bonuses, product endorsement fees and   
   public appearance fees.   
      
   Over the course of Mueller's career he has met and been   
   photographed with "hundreds" of celebrities including Sheryl   
   Crow, Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Heidi   
   Klum, Fergie, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Jessica Simpson and   
   Jennifer Lopez.   
      
   Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822, knicholson@denverpost.com or   
   twitter.com/kierannicholson   
      
   http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_28798154/former-denver-radio-   
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