Brooklyn Beckham has issued a scathing statement featuring multiple allegations against his famous parents, David Beckham and Victoria Beckham — including the claim that the pair attempted to “bribe” their son into signing away the rights to his name before he said “I do” to wife Nicola Peltz Beckham.
“Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which might have affected me, my wife, and our future children,” Brooklyn, 26, claimed in his social media statement shared via Instagram Stories on Monday, January 19.
“They were adamant on me singing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal can be initiated,” he further alleged within the upload. “My holdout affected the payday, they usually have never treated me the identical since. Through the wedding planning, my mum went to this point as to call me ‘evil’ because Nicola and I selected to incorporate my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola’s Naunni at our table, because they each don’t have their husbands. Each our parents had their very own tables equally adjoining to ours.”
Us Weekly has reached out to representatives for each David and Victoria for comment.
While David and Victoria’s estranged son didn’t elaborate further, Brooklyn was likely referring to what is usually often known as “NIL” rights, or the “right of publicity.” These rights protect an individual’s ability to regulate and take advantage of the industrial use of his or her name, image, likeness and other personal characteristics.
These rights are sometimes a necessity for those in the general public eye, including athletes, celebrities and social media influencers — nevertheless, any person has the suitable to claim their ability to publicly claim their identity should or not it’s used without his or her consent.
In line with Montana law firm Worden Thane P.C., NIL rights can include an individual’s name, nicknames, any former names, image, likeness, voice and even their signature. Even gestures or phrases which can be original to an individual, the law firm adds, can fall under an individuals’ NIL rights.
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In the identical social media statement, Brooklyn confirmed that he does “not need to reconcile with my family” amid their ongoing feud. (David and Victoria are also parents to sons Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 20, and daughter Harper, 14.)
“I’m not being controlled,” he continued. “I’m standing up for myself for the primary time in my life.”
The chef added, “For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives within the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I used to be born into. Recently, I actually have seen with my very own eyes the lengths that they’ll undergo to put countless lies within the media, mostly on the expense of innocent people, to preserve their very own facade. But I imagine the reality all the time comes out.”
Lily Allen has seemingly chosen a side in the continued drama surrounding Brooklyn Beckham and his estranged parents, David Beckham and Victoria Beckham. Allen, 40, shared a painting of Brooklyn, 26, in a blue polka-dot ensemble via her Instagram Stories on Monday, January 19. The photo mirrored her West End Girl album cover, through which […]
The estranged Beckham also slammed his parents for allegedly attempting to “smash my relationship since before my wedding,” adding that their alleged attempts haven’t “stopped.”
Brooklyn went on to assert that his mother refused to design this then-fiancée’s wedding gown within the “eleventh hour,” forcing Nicola to search out an alternate gown before the pair’s nuptials. He also accused his mother of “inappropriately” dancing on him during what he says was purported to be his and Nicola’s “romantic” wedding dance.