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 would 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 would be initiated,” he further alleged in the upload. “My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since. During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me ‘evil’ because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola’s Naunni at our table, because they both don’t have their husbands. Both our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.”
Us Weekly has reached out to representatives for both David and Victoria for comment.
While David and Victoria’s estranged son did not elaborate further, Brooklyn was likely referring to what is commonly known as “NIL” rights, or the “right of publicity.” These rights protect a person’s ability to control and profit from the commercial use of his or her name, image, likeness and other personal characteristics.
These rights are often a necessity for those in the public eye, including athletes, celebrities and social media influencers — however, any person has the right to assert their ability to publicly claim their identity should it be used without his or her consent.
According to Montana law firm Worden Thane P.C., NIL rights can include a person’s name, nicknames, any former names, image, likeness, voice and even their signature. Even gestures or phrases that are original to a person, the law firm adds, can fall under an individuals’ NIL rights.
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In the same social media statement, Brooklyn confirmed that he does “not want 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 first time in my life.”
The chef added, “For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into. Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they’ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.”
The estranged Beckham also slammed his parents for allegedly attempting to “ruin my relationship since before my wedding,” adding that their alleged attempts have not “stopped.”
Brooklyn went on to claim that his mother refused to design this then-fiancée’s wedding gown in the “11th hour,” forcing Nicola to find an alternative gown before the pair’s nuptials. He also accused his mother of “inappropriately” dancing on him during what he says was supposed to be his and Nicola’s “romantic” wedding dance.
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