Here’s how much Andy Byron’s divorce bill could be following Coldplay kiss cam debacle: expert
Andy Byron’s wife could end up a very rich woman if she decides to dump the alleged two-timer.
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.
AD“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.
4The moment the jig was up.Grace Springer via Storyful
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.
4Megan Kerrigan Byron pictured with Byron and their kids.Megan Kerrigan/Facebook
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, Los Angeles-based matrimonial and family law Partner at the firm Blank Rome, told The Post courts are usually reluctant to enforce infidelity provisions.
4Cabot is Astronomer’s HR head.Maud Cabot/Facebook
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.
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Byron (third from left) pictured with Cabot (far right) in an undated photograph.Bain Capital Ventures
“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.
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and HR chief Kristin Cabot were living the American dream— with their own families—before Coldplay scandal exploded
The tech tycoon and his head-of-HR mistress whose affair was exposed on a “kiss camera” at a Coldplay concert both appeared to be living the American dream — complete with happy family photos and big suburban houses — before the cheating scandal torpedoed their lives, sources said Friday.
Megan Kerrigan, wife of philandering Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, 50, shared joyful family photos with him and their apparent sons on Facebook before he was exposed as two-timing with the company’s Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot, 52.
9Megan Kerrigan Byron is seen with her sons in an undated Facebook photo.Megan Kerrigan/Facebook
Her wholesome Facebook photos showed the Byron gang grinning with arms around each other on a hike and at a graduation — before Kerrigan deleted her married name and the entire social media account Thursday.
In the hiking shots, the tight-knit family is posed in front of a creek with the married couple looking cozy and beaming, flanked by the two teenage boys.
It wasn’t immediately clear when the photos were taken or posted. But Kerrigan had used the outdoorsy image as her profile picture until her husband was caught in jumbotron footage canoodling with Cabot at the rock show outside Boston Wednesday, prompting a disastrous viral scandal for the pair.
9Megan Kerrigan Byron seen on a hiking trip with her family.Megan Kerrigan/Facebook
Meanwhile, Cabot appears to be married to the CEO of a booze company, Andrew Cabot — and bought a sprawling $2.2 million abode in the seaside town of Rye, New Hampshire with him less than five months before the affair came to light, The Post has learned.
The duo paid for the two-story, four-bedroom New Englander-style house — located just minutes from the Atlantic coast — in February, property records show.
Cabot, whose maiden name is Stanek, has also shared a second home in the same town with Andrew Cabot — the chief executive of Privateer Rum, a Massachusetts-based alcohol maker — since at least 2023, according to the records.
9Andrew Cabot, the CEO of a rum company, is married to Kristin Cabot.Boston Globe via Getty Images
Privateer Rum’s website lists Andrew Cabot as its CEO and COO of the company and his bio notes an “ancestor, the original Andrew Cabot (1750-1791), was a merchant, rum distiller and successful American privateer during the American Revolution.”
A photo purportedly showing the pair posing with two children has circulated on social media this week — but The Post could not confirm when or where their apparent marriage took place.
Kristin Cabot’s now-deleted LinkedIn account showed that she has served as an “advisory board member” at Privateer Rum since September 2020.
9Andy Byron was placed on leave after the incident went viral. He’s reportedly negotiating an exit.Astronomer
On Wednesday, Byron and Cabot scrambled to hide their faces when they were unexpectedly broadcast locked in an embrace on a “kiss cam” at the rock show at Gillette Stadium Wednesday night.
During the deer-in-headlights moment, Cabot covered her face and Byron quickly ducked out of view.
“Oh, what?” lead singer Chris Martin said, clearly confused. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.
“ S–t…I hope we didn’t do something bad,” he added.
Just moments before the two-timing coworkers were ousted, they repeatedly locked lips and embraced while appearing to belt the lyrics to the band’s hit, “Yellow,” to each other, fan footage obtained by TMZ showed.
Astronomer, which specializes in AI-driven data, was also thriving in the months before the scandal struck, reportedly raising nearly $100 million from big investors and rapidly growing.
In May, the firm announced that it had “secured $93 million in Series D funding” from backers that included Bain Capital, Salesforce, Venrock and Meritech.“While this is just one step in Astronomer’s journey to build a durable, lasting software company, we’re thrilled to have one of our earliest investors, Bain, leading the round,” Byron said in a statement at the time.
9Grace Springer via Storyful
9Grace Springer via Storyful
9Grace Springer via Storyful
On Friday, Astronomer said it has launched an investigation into the embarrassing incident, suggesting the intimate relationship was unknown to the firm’s board.
“Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” the tech-and-data firm said in a statement.
“The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.”
Byron was negotiating an exit package Friday after he and Calbot were placed on leave, according to an Axios report.
9Kristin Cabot, the Chief People Officer at Astronomer, was caught canoodling with her boss at Coldplay.LinkedIn/Kristin Cabot
Astronomer confirmed Byron was on leave in an email to The Post late Friday night.
“Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy is currently serving as interim CEO given Andy Byron has been placed on leave. We will share more details as appropriate in the coming days, the company said.
On Friday, the Coldplay fan who accidentally exposed Byron and Calbot’s affair in a viral social media clip had a blunt message for the canoodling couple: “Play stupid games … win stupid prizes.”
“I had no idea who the couple was,” Grace Springer, 28, who filmed the moment told The UK Sun.“[I] just thought I caught an interesting reaction to the kiss cam and decided to post it.”
“A part of me feels bad for turning these people’s lives upside down, but, play stupid games … win stupid prizes,” she said.
9Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot are both on leave from Astronomer.Bain Capital Ventures
As of Friday, the viral footage had been viewed roughly 50 million times.
Neither Byron nor Cabot have commented on the incident.
“It’s horrible because she is the head of HR! She’s involved in an extramarital affair with the CEO. Basically, how much worse of an HR faux pas could you commit?” employment lawyer William Cafaro, co-counsel at Big Apple-based Buzin Law, told The Post.
“The only way it could be worse is if the head of HR was having an affair with someone who worked for her. That’s the only permutation I could think of that could be worse — but this is pretty high up there.”