Taylor Swift to bring ‘Life of a Showgirl’ lawsuit to court

Taylor Swift is taking her Life of a Showgirl lawsuit to court.

Swift is being sued by Vegas showgirl Maren Wade (born Maren Flagg) for trademark infringement. Flagg claims that the megastar stole her brand, Confessions of a Showgirl, and wants Swift to stop profiting from what she claims to be her idea. According to legal documents obtained by Variety, Flagg claims that she and the singer “share the same structure, the same dominant phrase, and the same overall commercial impression. Both are used in overlapping markets and are directed at the same consumers.” Wade trademarked Confessions of a Showgirl in 2015 and has since used the trademark for her podcast, cabaret performances, and a newspaper column.

She wants to block Swift from selling merch pertaining to the album while they wait out a legal order.

A brief has since been filed by Swift’s team on Wednesday, May 6, which claims, “This motion, just like Maren Flagg’s lawsuit, should never have been filed. It is simply Ms. Flagg’s latest attempt to use Taylor Swift’s name and intellectual property to prop up her brand…”

“Plaintiff attempts to broadly lump her cabaret show and defendants’ musical album together as ‘entertainment services.’ That comparison is absurd,” Swift’s lawyers added.

Swift’s lawyers claim that Flagg has been trying to align herself with the album since it was released back in October 2025.

“Since the album announcement, plaintiff has reframed her brand around the album, flooding her social media accounts with posts attempting to align herself with Ms. Swift and the album,” the brief says. “Prior to the album announcement, plaintiff had never used ‘the life of a showgirl’ in her social media promotion. Following the announcement, plaintiff used the phrase or posted generally about Ms. Swift or the album over 40 times on her branded Instagram and TikTok accounts.”

The singer’s lawyers added that the podcast was created after the announcement of Swift’s album which she shared on her now fiancée Travis Kelce’s podcast, New Heights. Her legal team claimed that she used aspects of the singer’s branding for the album in promotion of her new podcast.

“In fact, a mere four days after Ms. Swift announced her album title and artwork in August 2025, Ms. Flagg announced a brand-new podcast mimicking Ms. Swift’s Album artwork, logo, title, and taglines. Then, plaintiff flooded her Instagram and TikTok pages with 40+ advertisements for her brand using Ms. Swift’s music, trademarks, and other intellectual property without permission,” they added.

At this time, no trial date has been set.