Teen country star Taylor Swift is at the center of a discrimination scandal after posing for a photo while embracing a man with a swastika on his shirt.

The photo was taken at fellow singer Katy Perry’s birthday party last weekend. Guests were encouraged to wear white and decorate their clothing with paint when they arrived at the event.

But the man in the photo, identified by multiple sources as model AJ English, took the decorations a little too far. According to TMZ, he claims the swastika started out as a simple “X” but became more “perverted” as the night went on.

Swift’s rep claims that she was unaware what was painted on the man’s shirt, and that she posed with “about 100 people that night … she doesn’t know who this guy is and she didn’t realize what was on his shirt.”

Some bloggers also slammed Swift for the appearance of the letters “JH” on her dress, which some claimed stood for “Jew hater.” But Swift also arrived at the party with friend and fellow singer Julianne Hough, who displayed a “TS” on her clothing.

English apologized to Swift via microblogging site Twitter, saying he did not know the singer before the party and that he regretted dragging her into the chaos.

Source, Bauer-Griffin