Here's how much Andy Byron's divorce bill could be following Coldplay kiss cam debacle: expert
Thanks to Massachusetts's 50/50 marital laws, Megan Kerrigan — who shares two kids with the now disgraced AI firm exec — could take home half of her husband's millions, estimated to be anywhere from $20 million to $70 million.
The Bay State mandates those married for more than seven years must split any assets they built together, said matrimony and family lawyer Nancy Chemtob, a partner at Chemtob Moss Forman & Beyda.
'It's obviously a long-term relationship,' she said of Byron and Kerrigan — who instantly switched to her maiden name on social media after word of her spouse's kiss-cam canoodling with his company's top human resources exec set the internet ablaze.
4 The moment the jig was up.
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The state rules mean Byron, who resigned on Saturday from Astronomer, a firm he helped build, could have to shell out tens of millions to Kerrigan, Chemtob said.
It's not clear when the former exec made his fortune, but the Economic Times estimated his net worth is estimated between $20 and $70 million.
His alleged mistress, Kristin Cabot, might not have the same financial dilemma in the face of divorce, Chemtob noted, as she and her apparent husband, Privateer Rum owner Andrew Cabot, seem to have been together a relatively short time.
The details can get much dicier if either couple had prenuptial or postnuptial agreements, Chemtob noted.
4 Megan Kerrigan Byron pictured with Byron and their kids.
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Some prenups include clauses for cheating, in which the guilty party would be ordered to pay their partner for their betrayal.
While the Coldplay concert video could serve as evidence at trial, it's not necessary to dissolve the marriage in Massachusetts.
Jackie Combs, a Los Angeles-based matrimony and family lawyer for the firm Blank Rome, told The Post courts are usually reluctant to enforce infidelity provisions.
4 Cabot is Astronomer's HR head.
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However, if there was any 'misappropriation' of marital funds to support an extramarital affair, it could influence the financial outcome of any potential divorces, Combs noted.
The real losers in this situation are the couple's children, Chemtob said.
4 Byron (third from left) pictured with Cabot (far right) in an undated photograph.
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'I think the worst thing in this case is the embarrassment factor for the kids,' she explained.
'The problem here is that now, the kids are embarrassed, the families are embarrassed, and there's going to be a lot of expenses with regard to therapy for the children, getting separate homes, things like that.'
It was unclear where both marriages stood in the wake of the high-profile scandal.
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