Taylor Swift’s father has fought off an intruder who broke into his $4 million Florida penthouse.  

Scott Swift, 67, returned to his residence in Vinoy Place Towers, St. Petersburg around 10pm on January 17 to find Terrence Hoover, 30, inside.

Hoover used an emergency escape stairwell to climb 13 floors and enter the penthouse just 30 seconds before Swift Sr arrived home, according to The Tampa Bay Times.

Swift Sr and Hoover allegedly fought, before the latter quickly fled the scene.

Hoover has a lengthy arrest record that includes domestic violence by strangulation, aggravated battery, burglary, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and kidnapping and false imprisonment.

Swift Sr picked Hoover out of a photo lineup and police say Hoover called them to report the altercation.

Hoover could not be found, however, until last week, when he was arrested on burglary charges. He was being held Monday on $50,000 bond.

Taylor Swift was not with her father and it is unclear whether the intruder targeted the home.

Hoover’s mother told The Tampa Bay Times that her son got lost while searching for his estranged wife and should only be charged with trespassing.

The penthouse encompasses the entire top floor of one Vinoy tower and includes 5,359 square feet, three bedrooms and three full baths.

Scott Swift, who previously worked as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, hit headlines last year after he was the subject of a malicious internet hoax which claimed he had shared right-wing memes on his personal Facebook account.

Taylor Swift is known to be very close with her father, as well as her mother, Andrea, 62. She credits both of her parents for her stratospheric success.

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Scott Swift, who previously worked as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, is very close to his superstar daughter. The pair are photographed back in 2015

Scott and Andrea reportedly separated in 2012 after 25 years of marriage, but are thought have remained on good terms.

Andrea was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, with Taylor revealing last month that she has now been diagnosed with a brain tumor.

‘She was going through chemo, and that’s a hard enough thing for a person to go through. While she was going through treatment, they found a brain tumor,’ Taylor told Variety.

‘The symptoms of what a person goes through when they have a brain tumor is nothing like what we’ve ever been through with her cancer before. So it’s just been a really hard time for us as a family,’ she explained.

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Supportive dad: Scott posed for photos with fans, and handed out guitar picks last year to celebrate the launch of Taylor’s latest album, Lover

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 Taylor Swift’s father has fought off an intruder who broke into his $4 million Florida penthouse. The singer was not inside the home and lives elsewhere