Brooklyn Beckham's wife Nicola Peltz to face grilling from wedding planner
Nicola Peltz is set to be grilled on camera as the legal dispute with her fired wedding planners rumbles on.
The 28-year-old American, who married Brooklyn Beckham in a lavish ceremony last year, went through three event organisers after two couldn't meet the "scale" of what the actress had hoped for. Her dad, Nelson Peltz, is suing her second organisers Plan Design Events – claiming they failed to return a deposit of $159,000 (£125,000) after they were sacked.
Following the lawsuit, the two co-owners countersued for a breach of contract and now Nicola will reportedly face questioning after she and her mother were both listed as third-party defendants. Nicola will be deposed in September, it is claimed. Mirror Online have contacted the family's representatives for comment and clarification.
It was been claimed the Peltz's lawyers wrote in the ‘malicious and mean-spirited’ counterclaim that they were "aware that its claims are frivolous, PDE (Plan Design Events) shamefully attempts to falsely portray Nicola in an extremely negative light to entice the media and hopefully pressure Mr. Peltz to dismiss his well-founded claims against PDE.
Nicola is said to have argued she's not involved, with her dad firing the firm (Variety via Getty Images)"While this was tailor-made for the tabloids, it could not be further from the truth," the MailOnline report. Nicola's dad Nelson accused the wedding plans of attempting a ‘good old-fashioned shakedown’.
Nicola Peltz's texts revealed as her billionaire dad sues wedding planners
She argued in court filings that she's not involved in the case because it was her billionaire father who took the firm on. In court documents obtained by The Mirror, the tycoon, 80, claims that he and his wife Claudia engaged in a phone call with Nicole Braghin and Arianna Grijalba of Plan Design Events after Nicola's initial planner, Preston Bailey, stepped down.
The documents state that on February 23, 2022, the pair were requested to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement by Peltz as a preliminary step before more discussions. On March 1, Peltz's legal team sent Nicole and Arianna revised proposals for the lavish event as well as the hefty sum of $159,000 as a deposit.
The court documents state that Nelson sent the deposit as he believed the sum would be refunded if the group could not come to an agreement with the proposals set out by the Peltz family.
According to Peltz, the Plan Design Events organisation simply had to deal with the RSVP list but he believes they "seriously misrepresented their skills and abilities and, in fact, lacked the necessary skills to perform".
In a bid to aid his case, Nelson shared screenshots of text messages sent between Nicola, Arianna and Nicole which saw Nicole say she needed to guzzle a tequila as her "head (was) about to explode.
"Yes queen!!!!!!" responded Nicola. One text message saw Nicola say she was "tired of catching" mistakes made by Nicole and Arianna after they stated one guest responded to say he would be in attendance – despite speaking to Nicola on a private basis.
Arianna sent a text reading: "Then I pulled the wrong database. I'm a wedding planner not a tech lol. Give me a sec I will not let this defeat me." To which Nicola responded: "I'm tired of catching mistakes on this RSVP list honestly."
Nicole and Arianna were later axed from the job, with the pair emailing Nelson and Claudia asking that in any comments about their exit, the Peltz family should comment on their efforts, work and good attitude. The letter stated that should the pair not return the amount by March 29, 2021, he would "pursue all available remedies" to brain the "misappropriated deposit, plus three times damages, attorney's fees and costs."
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