Yesterday, music manager Scooter Braun addressed his increasingly fraught professional relationship with Taylor Swift publicly for the first time ever. During a Q&A at the 2019 Entertainment Industry Conference, Braun spoke to Variety’s Shirley Halperin about “toxic division” on social media, and how he didn’t want to participate in that kind of communication. Now, Braun has written a lengthy Instagram post that directly addresses Swift for the first time. In it, he claims that his family has received “numerous death threats” since Swift accused Braun and ex-label boss Scott Borchetta of preventing her from performing any of her early material during the upcoming American Music Awards.

“Since your public statement last week there have been numerous death threats directed at my family,” Braun wrote in his post. “This morning I spoke out publicly for the first time saying I wouldn’t participate in a social media war. However I came home tonight to find my wife had received a phone call threatening the safety of our children as well as other threats seen above.” Braun shared an image that appears to be a direct message at the end of his post. It reads: “Hi, why dont you just die withyour children??? I will buy a gun tmr and them shoot you allin the head.”

Braun’s statement, which can be read in full below, goes on to address previous issues mentioned by Swift, such as the statement she posted to social media back in June when Braun’s media holding company Ithaca Holdings LLC. announced its acquisition of Taylor Swift’s former label Big Machine Label Group, thereby acquiring her pre-Lover catalog. At that time, Swift accused Braun of “incessant, manipulative bullying.”

“To be frank I was shocked and disheartened to hear that my presence in the Big Machine deal caused you so much pain as the handful of times we have actually met I have always remembered them to be pleasant and respectful,” Braun wrote in his post. “Knowing what I know now all I have wanted to do is rectify the situation. I’m open to ALL possibilities. My attempts and calls to have an open discussion with you over the last 6 months have all been rejected.” He later added, “no artist should ever feel cornered or bullied. I have spent my entire career in service of creatives and artists, never the other way around.”

Find Braun’s full statement below. Pitchfork has reached out to Taylor Swift’s representatives for further comment.

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