Taylor Swift fans are counting the days. Next month, the famous American singer will return to stores with “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”, the reissue of her third album released in 2010, the songs of which she has completely re-recorded, in the context of a dispute with her former house. discs. To pamper his large community of enthusiasts, all very dedicated, the interpreter of “Lavender Haze” will offer six new songs. " I love this album because it tells a fable about growing up, wiggling, flying and crashing…and living to tell about it, " says the popstar, currently on board the world tour “The Eras Tour”. Only here it is: a month before its official release, Taylor Swift’s new album could well leak because of a theft made… in France! “Records fell out of a box…”

Friday June 9, a 43-year-old temporary worker, in professional reintegration, was tried for having stolen 10 copies of Taylor Swift’s next album from the warehouse of the MPO France company, located in Le Mans (Sarthe), in charge of print and press discs for the European market. The author of the facts then put them on sale on … Le Bon Coin, hoping to take advantage of the aura of the American superstar. The reissue of “Speak Now”, which contains two duets with Fall Out Boy and Hayley Williams of the group Paramore, should arrive in the hands of the public only next July 7, and the man wanted to take advantage of this delay to make some money on the back of the singer. The first two copies that he marketed via the classifieds site were bought at 25 euros each, but the following have been raised to 50 euros. Lack of luck for the thug: it is a human resources manager of the company, having realized the theft, who bought one to unmask the thief. The man tried to escape through the roof of his home when the police came to arrest him! Two copies run in the wild

Before the Le Mans court, he explained that he had committed this misdeed out of opportunism to " make ends meet ", as Ouest-France reports . “ We were unpacking pallets. Records fell out of a box, ” he told the court, referring to “ financial problems, debts ”: “ I couldn’t even afford to eat lunch. My life is complicated ”. The man, already convicted 24 times for theft, damage, drug trafficking, fraud and various offences, was sentenced to eight months in prison. A forthcoming hearing will set the amount of compensation he will have to pay to the record manufacturer for image damage. "If tomorrow Universal terminates the contract, our future is in jeopardy. There are jobs and millions of euros at stake, ” recalled the MPO France lawyer.

However, the case is not yet over for the Universal Music record company, and could even lead to " an industrial and commercial disaster " according to the public prosecutor: two copies sold on Le Bon Coin have not been found. , and the risk of an online leak now hangs over the interpreter of “Karma” . “ By creating his small business, the defendant took the risk of disseminating protected cultural content» is alarmed the representative of the company. Persons in possession of these pirated copies are asked to report them, since their possession makes them guilty of concealment.