Taylor Swift just scored a major victory in court—while her accuser was dealt a crushing blow. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the same judge who gained nationwide attention for overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents saga, has shut down Florida artist Kimberly Marasco’s urgent bid to halt Swift’s hotly anticipated Disney+ docuseries, ‘The End of an Era.’

This all unfolded on December 22, when Cannon flatly rejected Marasco’s motion, declaring there was ‘no legitimate grounds’ to grant the sweeping action she requested.

Marasco, who’s no stranger to battling the pop icon in court, had demanded a preliminary injunction to stop the release of any episodes she claims piggybacked on her copyrighted poetry. The suit named not only Swift, but also Universal Music Group, Republic Records, and Taylor Swift Productions as defendants. Swift’s legal eagles slammed Marasco’s move as ‘drastic and inappropriate,’ arguing she’s spent years pursuing what they call unfounded copyright claims. Newsweek tried to get statements from both Marasco and Team Swift, but sources say neither camp had responded by press time.

Here’s the wild backstory: Marasco alleges that Swift and her partners swiped her original verses and visuals for some of Swift’s most prized albums—think ‘Lover,’ ‘Folklore,’ ‘Midnights,’ and even ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ She insists the docuseries will blast her work into the cultural stratosphere, without a shred of credit. ‘Once this show goes live for the world to see, my art will be out there for good, with no acknowledgment to me—and there’s no undoing that,’ Marasco argued fiercely in her failed bid for emergency relief, warning of ‘irreparable harm.’

But Swift’s attorneys came out swinging, painting Marasco as a serial litigant: ‘For nearly two years, in not one but two lawsuits, she’s bombarded Artist and these companies with what can only be called baseless and harassing copyright claims,’ they wrote in their opposing brief. Marasco fired back, insisting she’s the one facing harassment—claiming Swift’s die-hard fans (‘Swifties’) have threatened her on social media, targeted her on websites, and even stalked her at previous jobs, at times making her afraid to leave her own home.

This isn’t Marasco’s first clash with Swift’s legal team—her initial lawsuit fizzled out just this month, after she failed to serve Swift before the clock ran out. The charges against Taylor Swift Productions were tossed for good in September. Despite back-to-back courtroom flops, Marasco isn’t backing down—insisting ‘monetary damages can’t fix this’ and pleading with the court to protect her creative rights. Meanwhile, Swift’s lawyers maintain there’s zero merit to the allegations and say it’s time to put the matter to rest. Stay tuned—this courtroom drama’s got more acts to come!