Zac Brown Wins Federal Courtroom Battle With Ex-Spouse Over Stolen Firm Paperwork

Zac Brown scored a serious federal courtroom victory … a choose simply ordered his estranged spouse to return the paperwork she took when the nation star fired her from his firm.

A Georgia federal choose dominated in Zac’s favor final week … discovering Kelly Yazdi breached her employment contract by taking and retaining greater than 170 confidential enterprise emails and recordsdata probably containing data the choose mentioned she might use to publicly assault Zac.

In line with the ruling, obtained by TMZ, the choose granted Zac Brown Collective a everlasting injunction, ordering Yazdi to return all confidential supplies inside seven days, certify below oath that she’s carried out so, and completely cease utilizing or additional disclosing any of Zac’s enterprise info.

The choose additionally dominated Yazdi used inside information about Zac’s unreleased Dolly Parton collaboration, “Butterfly,” to strategically time and theme social media posts … boosting her platforms whereas harming Zac’s enterprise pursuits.

Zac and Yazdi have been collectively for a number of years earlier than marrying in August 2023. The wedding lasted lower than 4 months, and through their relationship Yazdi labored for Zac Brown Collective, finally rising to Government Vice President.

In line with trial transcripts, Kelly additionally testified that she recorded a dialog with Zac through which she spoke extremely of him … describing him as loving and saying she was endlessly grateful for him, testimony that labored towards the general public narrative she later portrayed.

When reached for remark, Zac’s lawyer Brad Beckworth instructed TMZ … “We’re grateful for the Court’s careful attention to the facts and law. The evidence at trial showed that Ms. Yazdi betrayed Zac’s trust, took critical confidential information that didn’t belong to her, and used it to attack him publicly for her own gain. The permanent injunction should put an end to it.”