Taylor 迅速, スウィフト skips the VMAs for jury duty in Nashville 

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Maeve McDermott, USATODAY 4:23 p.m. EDT August 29, 2016

Taylor Swift’s absence from the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards raised eyebrows. WIBBITZ

If our No. 1 question heading into Sunday\'s VMAs was "What\'s Kanye West going to do with his onstage free time," then "How will Taylor Swift react" was our No. 2.

But Swift wasn\'t even at the awards, skipping the show after taking home Video of the Year for

While some speculated that she was still in Australia with boyfriend Tom Hiddleston, Swift was actually up early for jury duty in Nashville Monday morning, as fellow jurors posted excited pictures and videos of the star on social media.

While some of the jurors\' tweets from earlier today have disappeared (since tweeting from the courtroom probably isn\'t encouraged), Taylor fan accounts still have some of the evidence.

Taylor is doing Jury Duty in Nashville today. She took some pictures with fans. pic.twitter.com/jQunn8HcNT

— Taylor Swift Updates (@TSwiftPR) August 29, 2016

Taylor inside doing Jury Duty in Nashville earlier today. pic.twitter.com/OV0govxfEr

Taylor talking to fans during Jury Duty in Nashville earlier today. pic.twitter.com/0sDqzt4Xfj

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