Zac Brown's ex-wife spoke out after she was granted a temporary restraining order.
Kelly Yazdi, who was married to Brown for just four months before the country music star filed for divorce, shared her side of the story following allegations that she violated a confidentiality and employee agreement. Yazdi shared a handful of posts on Instagram in which she accused Brown of “narcissistic abuse.” The “Chicken Fried” singer responded by filing a restraining order, which was granted by a Georgia court.
“No one – not even Zac Brown with all his money, power, celebrity and lawyers – can silence my right to express myself freely through art or, although to date I have refused to do so publicly, to speak about the circumstances of my life. . our pending divorce,” he wrote in a statement shared on TikTok.
“I intend to respond quickly and firmly to your baseless complaint that posting two poems on my personal social media account disclosed any 'confidential information' about your business, much less authorize a court to ban me from speaking about matters in my personal life that have nothing to do with my previous brief work for Zac Brown Collective, Inc.”
ZAC BROWN SEPARATES FROM HIS WIFE KELLY YAZDI AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF MARRIAGE
Zac Brown was granted a restraining order against Yazdi. (Getty Images)
Brown sought an emergency restraining order, injunctive relief and damages “arising from various past violations and threats” of a confidentiality agreement Yazdi had signed on May 17.
“After much deliberation, I have taken steps to enforce an agreement between us to keep personal and business matters confidential and to protect my family from online harassment and speculation,” a rep for Brown told Fox News Digital in a statement. release. “My only hope is that we keep private matters private and move forward with the mutual respect we had agreed to show each other when we parted ways.”
The Georgia court granted the restraining order, meaning Yazdi would have to remove Instagram posts that allegedly violated the confidentiality agreement, Fox News Digital confirmed.
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Zac Brown's ex Kelly Yazdi wrote a statement on social media saying she intends to “respond quickly and firmly” to the country singer's “baseless” complaints against her. (Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC)
@kelly_yazdi No one, not even Zac Brown with all his money, power, celebrity and lawyers, can silence my right to freely express myself through art or, although to date I have refused to do so publicly, to speak about the circumstances. of our pending divorce. I intend to respond quickly and firmly to your unfounded complaint that the posting of two poems on my personal social media account disclosed any “confidential information” about your business, much less authorizes a court to prohibit me from speaking on business matters. my personal life that has nothing to do with my brief previous work for Zac Brown Collective, Inc. It is beyond ironic that Zac's first act after filing an unnecessary public divorce suit was to release a music video that deliberately mocked our wedding party just a few months before. including a false and defamatory caricature obviously intended to be me and hurt me, followed by a second unnecessary and legally meritless public lawsuit and press release, but now claims that his “only hope” is that we show each other “mutual respect” by maintaining “private private matters” as we negotiate the terms of our divorce. In a misguided effort to do just that, I have not given any public response to any of those very public and unnecessary personal attacks against me by my soon-to-be celebrity ex-husband. But it is clearly Zac, not me, who has strategically chosen to bring our difficult divorce negotiations into public light with these tactics in an effort to present himself as a victim and use his vast resources to silence me from telling the truth about our relationship. marriage. It won't work, and he won't silence me no matter how ridiculous his tactics are. Like Zac, I too have lawyers and I will speak my truth in court, where he has dragged me unnecessarily. 🦋 #ButterfliesDontBelongInNets ♬ original sound – kelly_yazdi
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“It is beyond ironic that Zac's first act after filing an unnecessary public divorce suit was to release a music video that deliberately mocked our wedding party from just a few months earlier, including a false and defamatory cartoon that was obviously intended to be me and hurt me. followed by a second unnecessary and legally meritless public lawsuit and press release, yet he now claims that his 'only hope' is that we show 'mutual respect' by keeping 'private matters private' while we negotiate. the terms of our divorce.” Yazdi wrote in his statement.
“In a misguided effort to do just that, I have not given any public response to any of those very public and unnecessary personal attacks against me by my celebrity and soon-to-be ex-husband,” Yazdi concluded. “But it is clearly Zac, not me, who has strategically chosen to bring our difficult divorce negotiations into public light with these tactics in an effort to present himself as a victim and use his vast resources to silence me from telling the truth about our marriage. It won't work, and he won't silence me no matter how ridiculous his tactics are.”
Zac Brown and Kelly Yazdi were married for four months. (Frederick Breedon/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
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Brown and Yazdi announced they were divorcing in December after four months of marriage.
“We are in the process of divorcing. Our mutual respect remains,” they said in a joint statement to Fox News Digital at the time.
“We wish each other the best and will always cherish our time together. As we navigate this personal matter, we simply ask for privacy during this time.”
Before marrying Yazdi, Brown was married to his ex-wife Shelly for 12 years.
Zac Brown was previously married to his ex-wife Shelly for 12 years. (Kevin Winter)
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