Country music hitmaker Zac Brown has filed a temporary restraining order against his estranged wife, Kelly Yazdi, after she recently threw shade at him in a recent Instagram post.
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According to PEOPLE, Brown filed the restraining order on Friday, May 17, in Georgia’s Fulton County. If granted, the order would force Yazdi to remove the post. Brown alleged in his filing that Yazdi violated the employee and confidentiality agreement she signed in August 2022.
She was an employee of the Zac Brown Band from August 2022 to February 2024.
Brown released a statement to PEOPLE about the situation. “After much deliberation, I took the steps necessary to enforce an agreement between us,” he stated. “To maintain personal and business affairs in confidence and to protect my family from online harassment and speculation.”
Zac Brown also stated that his only hope is for him and Yazdi to keep private matters private and to move forward with the “mutual respect” they had agreed to show one another when they parted ways.
Although she didn’t refer to Brown by name, she wrote “he,” Yazdi stated that a man had instructed her to “not model” anymore and take photos off her Instagram. She was also instructed to only wear certain clothes and not to “post any more fitness videos.”
“Projections. Gaslighting. Threatening. Stonewalling,” Yazdi wrote in the post. “Those are the ingredients of narcissistic abuse. That ‘love’ is conditional. ‘Love’ disguised as compromise when in reality, it was control.”
Yazdi then added that “his” betrayal forced her down a road through hell and brutal heartbreak. But thankfully, her faith pushed her through.
Zac Brown and Kelly Yazi Were Married for Four Months Before Announcing Their Intent to Divorce
Zac Brown and Kelly Yazdi were married in August 2023. However, by December 2023, the couple had announced their official split, stating they were in the “process of divorce.”
“Our mutual respect for one another remains. We wish each other the best and will always appreciate our time together,” the pair shared in a statement to TMZ. “As we navigate this personal matter, we simply request privacy during this time.”
PEOPLE confirmed in December 2022 that Zac Brown had proposed to Kelly Yazdi. “He proposed in Hawaii a while ago,” a source told the media outlet at the time. “It was very intimate and the couple has kept it very private.”
Brown was previously married to jewelry designer Shelly Brown. The former couple, who were married for 12 years and had five kids, announced their split in October 2018.