It wasn't long ago when R&B singer Jesse Graham filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift worth $42 million, where the former alleged the "Shake It Off" singer of plagiarizing his lyric, "haters gonna hate."
As it turns out, the lawsuit didn't go as Jesse Graham planned it to be. It was on Tuesday when United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California Gail J. Standish dismissed the case.
The best part of it all, though, is that Judge Standish decided to write the formal paperwork documents using Taylor Swift's own lyrics.
The dismissal order's conclusion reads (take a look at the photo of the document here):
"At present, the Court is not saying that Braham can never, ever, ever get his case back in court. But, for now, we have got problems, and the Court is not sure Braham can solve them. As currently drafted, the Complaint has a blank space - one that requires Braham to do more than write his name. And, upon consideration of the Court's explanation in Part II, Braham may discover that mere pleading Band-Aids will not fix the bullet holes in his case. At least for the moment, Defendants have shaken off this lawsuit."
According to Mashable, Jesse Graham filed the lawsuit without the help of an attorney - which is surely a bad move on his part, since he intended to go against one of the most influential and powerful artists in the music industry.
There's no doubt that Taylor Swift's legal team didn't have to do a lot to "refute the copyright infringement claim" by Graham.
In fact, court documents have revealed that "plays gonna play" and "haters gonna hate" already had Google results long before Graham's 2013 "Haters Gone Hate."
Not only that, but Jesse Graham also claimed that 92 percent of "Shake It Off" came from his own song, as reported by CNN.
We're pretty sure Jesse Graham wasn't being all too honest about his claims - and he obviously didn't invent those lyrics before anyone else.
