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“The celebrity of the wedding couple combined with the anticipated attendance of many high-profile guests required that the wedding planner have the expertise and staffing to plan, coordinate and execute a wedding event of the expected caliber and complexity,” Nelson’s lawyers claimed in lawsuit.
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In his filing, Nelson raised concerns about the wedding planning duo, who were hired after previous wedding planner Preston Bailey stepped down due to being “overcommitted” at the time, he toldPage Six. In the countersuit, lawyers included alleged text messages between Nicola and the planners where she cited being “tired” of catching their mistakes and questioned the guest list they were working on.
“Peltz had presented them with the opportunity of a lifetime – to have their names associated with the wedding of two world-famous celebrities, which would undoubtedly propel PDE into wedding planning stardom,” Nelson’s lawyer wrote in the complaint.
In response to Nelson’s lawsuit, Braghin and Grijalba, who were hired through their company Plan Design Events, filed a countersuit against the billionaire, citing breach of contract.
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“It is believed that Nelson Peltz paid more than $100,000 plus travel expenses for Nicola’s hair and makeup services for the wedding,” the suit reads. “Claudia mentioned to [one of the planners] that Nelson could not know the cost of the hair and makeup, or he would ‘kill her, and be so mad.'”
Reps for the Peltz family and Braghin and Grijalba have not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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The wedding planners also allege that Nicola, 28, and Claudia didn’t want Brooklyn’s family —David BeckhamandVictoria Beckham— to know how messy the process had gotten. Braghin and Grijalba claimed that the Beckham family’s guest list was in order, but the Peltz side of the family kept making changes, which made it difficult for them to keep track of and manage.
“Both Claudia and Nicola had insisted that Victoria Beckham (Brooklyn’s mother) could not know about any internal mistakes regarding the ongoing planning of her son’s wedding, including any errors with the guest list,” the complaint reads.
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In the nine days Braghin and Grijalba worked on the wedding, the process reportedly spiraled quickly, they claim, with Nicola making demands about the guest list — including saying Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was not allowed to attend — and Nelson allegedly threatening to cancel the whole thing. The suit claims he called it all a “s— show.”
However, the wedding planning duo say Claudia “begged Nelson not to cancel the wedding because it would ‘destroy Nicola’s career.'”
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Braghin and Grijalba are seeking damages in the countersuit, which was filed in South Florida where they are based and where the wedding was held.
In the months since the wedding, Nicola has shot down rumors that there is any bad blood between her and her mother-in-law, tellingVarietylast year that there was no dress drama at all, it was a matter of timing and the Valentino team created dress of her dreams.
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