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It was a fairy tale day worthy of the pages of Vogue, with a side of Hollywood family drama.
But in addition to her wedding dress argument with her mother-in-law Victoria Beckham, there were all sorts of issues brewing behind the scenes of Nicola Peltz’s Palm Beach wedding to Brooklyn Beckham.
Nicola, the 28-year-old daughter of billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, went through three different sets of wedding planners, two of which fell short of the “scale” of her plans.
There was a last-minute scramble to book musicians and a ‘day of reckoning’ with an event designer breaking down in tears and drinking tequila from the stress of the project.
These new details emerged yesterday – along with brief texts written by Nicola to one of the planners – in a lawsuit filed by her father.
He is suing tearful party-planner Nicole Braghin and her partner, Arianna Grijalba, alleging that they refuse to refund the $159,000 deposit he gave them.
Nicola Peltz with Brooklyn Beckham during their wedding weekend in Palm Beach in April. The family went through two wedding planners before finally settling on Michelle Ragos at the last minute. Now, Nicola’s father, Nelson Peltz, is suing some of the professionals who didn’t make the cut.
Peltz and his wife Claudia contacted Braghin and Grijalba through their firm, Plan Design Events, in March 2022, after ditching their first planner, celebrity-adored Preston Bailey.
It’s unclear why exactly Bailey was unfit for the job. In his legal filing, Peltz, 80, says Bailey faced “challenges” while planning the huge event, which took place at the family’s Palm Beach, Florida, estate on April 9 and reportedly cost around $3.5 million. of dollars.
Bailey, who planned Ivanka Trump’s wedding to Jared Kushner, did not immediately respond to questions from DailyMail.com about why he pulled out.
On March 1, 2022, six weeks before the wedding, the Peltz family hoped that Braghin and Grijalba would be able to pick up where he left off.
Nine days later, after shelling out a $159,000 deposit, however, they decided not to go through with the couple, deducing they couldn’t handle the VIP guest list.
‘Nicola is a world famous actress who has starred in hit movies and TV shows including but not limited to Transformers: Age of Extension, Bates Motel and The Last Airbender.
“The celebrity of the bridal couple combined with the anticipated attendance of many high-profile guests required the wedding planner to have the experience and staff to plan, coordinate and execute a wedding event of the caliber and complexity expected,” Nelson’s lawyers say in the statement. lawsuit.
At issue now is the deposit, which Peltz sued in Miami this week.
In the process of trying to get his money back, he has revealed some of the intimate details of the star-studded event.
He included screenshots of a group text between himself, the planners, and Nicola.
No. 1 Wedding Planner: Preston Bailey, the designer to the stars who planned the wedding of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, stepped down in March 2022, six weeks before the wedding, in a “mutual agreement” with Nelson and Nicola Peltz, according to new court documents
Wedding Planners #2: Arianna Grijalba and Nicole Braghin were contacted by the Peltz family in March 2022, six weeks before the wedding. They worked for the Peltz family for nine days before they were told they weren’t up to it.
Wedding Planner #3: Michelle Ragos did the job in the end, but charged the Peltz family a higher fee due to the adjustment
In some, Nicola she told planners she was “tired of catching” their repeated mistakes.
We talk to him. He can’t come so he explains why you said he said yes,” he demanded in a text.
The wedding planner tried to explain that she was unfamiliar with the virtual guest list and needed more time to familiarize herself with the technology.
I need time to do this. I’m going to take a moment to learn the app and send you the information, | I hate to sound like a fool but | I hate more not giving you what you need as soon as possible. I’ll be back soon,’ she said.
Text messages between Nicola, Nelson, and the wedding planners reveal Nicola’s frustration that they couldn’t manage the RVSP list. In one, she said: ‘I’m tired of catching mistakes, honestly’
In others, planners were asked to forcefully explain why they had marked a VIP guest as RSVP when the couple “knew” the person would not be attending.
Nicola, angry with the planners, responded that their confusing claims about the list were “not true”.
The wedding planners talked about needing ‘a tequila’. Nicola, at the time, encouraged them: ‘Yes, queen!’. Now, her father alleges in a lawsuit that her repeated references to alcohol suggested abuse.
Nicola, 28, replied: ‘That’s not true. He didn’t answer ANYTHING.
In his lawsuit, Peltz also suggests that the wedding planners were abusing alcohol.
“References to alcohol use and possible abuse were not unusual,” their lawyers wrote in their lawsuit.
In a message where he told Arianna that he was ‘going for a tequila before his head exploded’, Nicola replied: ‘Yes queen!!!’
The Peltz family says the pair of wedding planners oversold their skills and promised they could handle the event, which was the “opportunity of a lifetime.”
‘Peltz had presented them with the opportunity of a lifetime: to associate their names with the wedding of two world-famous celebrities, which would undoubtedly propel PDE to wedding planning stardom.
“In reality, however, it later became clear that PDE saw this as an opportunity to take advantage of Peltz by making material misrepresentations both on his website and in person regarding his experience, knowledge, and ability to plan the wedding.” lawyers. he wrote.
On March 4, what Peltz’s lawyers describe as “doomsday,” he called the couple to inform them that they had missed the concert.
“Peltz had presented them with the opportunity of a lifetime: to associate their names with the wedding of two world-famous celebrities, which would undoubtedly propel PDE to wedding-planning stardom,” the lawsuit says, referring to Nicola as an “actress world famous.” ‘
David and Victoria Beckham at Brooklyn and Nicola’s wedding in April
Gordon Ramsay and his family at the star-studded event
‘During its nine days of negotiations, PDE was unable to book a single new wedding vendor, was unable to finalize the terms of any agreement with any of the vendors that had been previously selected by Peltz and his family, and failed to attend previously scheduled meetings. with Peltz. .
Nelson Peltz with his son-in-law Brooklyn. Nelson, who wants a Disney board seat, wants his $159,000 deposit back
“Admitting that they lacked the skills to perform as promised, PDE recommended hiring an additional wedding planner.”
Two days later, they pleaded with Nelson and his wife Claudia not to spread negative gossip about them, writing in an email: ‘To avoid negative gossip, we would appreciate if you are asked to comment on our departure, that your response it reflects the work and good attitude we put into the process, and there is no professional reason for our detachment.
‘We will say: we are under NDA and we cannot comment. This keeps us both in a very good place.
“We truly wish you and your family a fantastic event…we are sure as you said our paths will cross in the future as I truly feel we had a great connection with you and Claudia.”
The family ended up hiring Michelle Rago of Michelle Rago Destinations, who ran the event perfectly.
But due to the tight time frame, Peltz claims he had to pay Rago a “substantially higher fee than Rago Destinations would have charged under normal circumstances.”
He says he asked Planned Design Events for his deposit back several times in the weeks that followed, but they refused to return it.
Peltz is also suing the couple for legal fees.