From Love to Legal Battles: Zac Brown and Kelly Yazdi’s Divorce Explained
The couple consists of “Chicken Fried” singer Zac Brown and Kelly Yazdi, who is best known as a model and actress. It is unclear how the couple met or the length of their courtship, as they kept most of their dating life private.
It is known that Kelly Yazdi worked for The Zac Brown Band prior to and during their relationship.
The couple tied the knot in Georgia in August 2023 but quickly divorced four months later.
How Did It Get So Messy?
Initially, the couple wanted to keep their divorce civil; Brown told Us Weekly in a statement:
“After much deliberation, I took the steps necessary to enforce an agreement between us to maintain personal and business affairs in confidence and to protect my family from online harassment and speculation. My only hope is for us to keep private matters private and to move forward with the mutual respect we had agreed to show one another when we parted ways.”
So, how did it get so messy? The couple’s desire to keep their divorce civil has gone out the window, as multiple lawsuits are currently pending.
It started with a poem.
Yazdi posted the poem in question titled “The Rebirth” on her Instagram. Read the poem here:
“The Rebirth”
Brown filed a lawsuit, claiming that the poem and another on her page violated “confidential information” from her time working at the Zac Brown Collective, Inc.
She responded to the claims on her Instagram by saying:
“I intend to respond swiftly and robustly to his meritless complaint that publication of two poems on my personal social media account divulged any “confidential information” about his business, much less authorizes a court to enjoin me from speaking about matters in my personal life that have nothing to do with my brief former work for the Zac Brown Collective, Inc.”
Yazdi has not removed her poems as Brown has requested. She responded to the lawsuit on her personal website and Instagram; see her post here:
It Did Not End There
After the poem lawsuit, Zac Brown released a music video for his song “Beautiful Drug (ft. Avicii)- Remix” Yazdi claims that Brown used their wedding footage and a look-alike to defame her.
She then filed a lawsuit against Brown, who denied the allegations and is contesting the lawsuit.
The look-alike footage was allegedly filmed in 2018, making it impossible for it to have been intentionally about Yazdi. However, in addition to the look-alike footage, she claims they used their wedding video.
To prove her point, she posted a YouTube video comparing the two videos. Watch the video below.
