Taylor Swift – Travis Kelce covered the media and social networks on August 27 after announcing their engagement. According to legal experts, before holding a lavish wedding, Taylor Swift and the football player will definitely sit down together to discuss the terms of the prenuptial agreement. In this relationship, Travis Kelce is inferior to Taylor Swift in terms of assets and reputation. No matter how much they love each other, this couple needs to sign an agreement to protect their assets and image, limiting future disputes.
The “3 no’s” clause must be in Taylor Swift – Travis Kelce’s prenuptial agreement
Attorney Morgan Mazor told Page Six that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce need to draft an extremely tight prenuptial agreement. According to the latest statistics, Taylor currently owns a fortune of 1.6 billion USD (more than 40,000 billion VND), while Travis only has about 90 million USD (nearly 2,300 billion VND). With such a huge difference in wealth, the existence of an agreement will help both of them enter marriage with more peace of mind.
“A prenuptial agreement will protect what they have built before. It helps clearly define what is ‘yours, mine and ours’, avoiding confusion that leads to troublesome and costly lawsuits if the marriage does not go smoothly. For people at Taylor and Travis’ level, making a prenuptial agreement is not to prepare for divorce, but to have peace of mind and keep their privacy private,” attorney Morgan Mazor commented.
In addition to her pre-marital assets, Taylor Swift will want to keep Travis Kelce from accessing her tour earnings and brand deals, according to Morgan Mazor. Kelce will also need to ensure that his earnings from his competitions, endorsement deals, and business ventures like the New Heights podcast remain his separate property after the marriage. However, the two parties will have to discuss how to divide their income during the marriage if they do end up divorcing. Another issue to consider is which state laws apply to the prenuptial agreement, as this could affect the division of assets.
Meanwhile, attorney Kara Chrobak predicts that “the right to use name, image and personal brand” will definitely be mentioned in Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s prenuptial agreement: “They are both people and brands, so the prenuptial agreement needs to ensure that no one can exploit the other’s name and image if they break up.” In addition, NDA (confidentiality agreement), non-defamation and privacy agreements are also considered to be important terms in the prenuptial agreement of the top Hollywood stars. According to attorney Morgan Mazor, Swift is famous for turning personal experiences into songs and this clause will prevent her from turning her marriage to Travis Kelce into inspiration for writing music. Conversely, Taylor Swift will also prevent Travis Kelce from writing a memoir to expose or sell personal information to tabloids if they unfortunately break up.
Travis Kelce could change his life overnight by marrying Taylor Swift
According to lawyer Morgan Mazor, Taylor is the one who needs more protection in this marriage, because her assets are 18 times larger than Kelce’s. The singer’s assets include 400 million USD (more than 10,000 billion VND) from music copyrights, 160 million USD (more than 4,000 billion VND) from streaming contracts, 370 million USD (more than 9,300 billion VND) from tour revenue. In addition, the top singer also owns real estate worth about 80 million USD (more than 2,000 billion VND) in New York, Rhode Island and Florida (USA). Recently, there was information that Taylor and Kelce went to see the wedding house in Cleveland (USA).
Therefore, without a prenuptial agreement and assets being mixed, legal experts estimate that even a small portion of Taylor’s assets would be enough to change Travis Kelce’s life. Meanwhile, the amount of money that Travis Kelce has to give Taylor Swift is like “a drop in the bucket”, not affecting Taylor’s billion-dollar empire.
Attorney Holly Davis also advised Swift to define personal property as soon as possible, because “if they divorce, Travis could argue that some of the assets Taylor had before the marriage are also considered community property for division.” Notably, Travis Kelce’s athletic career is about to hit its peak. Therefore, when marrying Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce will want to negotiate more details in the prenuptial agreement if this athlete plans to retire early. “Taylor’s career is not only stable, it’s booming. She’s in the ‘billionaire era,’ earning record amounts from touring, streaming, and brand deals. She’s like an economy unto herself. Because Travis is likely to end his sports career early, while Taylor will continue to produce music for many more years, Taylor will be the one who loses the most if she doesn’t sign a prenuptial agreement. Swift is used to legal battles. It took her a long time to regain ownership of her original albums. So a prenuptial agreement will ensure that she continues to be the sole owner of her music and assets,” said attorney Holly Davis.
According to lawyers, the spousal support clause in the marriage contract is unnecessary for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, because both are independent millionaires. Page Six has contacted the couple’s representatives to ask about the prenuptial agreement, but has not yet received a response. However, if they sit down to talk about the law with each other, Travis Kelce is said to have to accept the disadvantage, sign a “3 no” agreement including not touching Taylor’s assets, revenue from commercial artistic activities, not profiting from the other’s reputation and image, not defaming and keeping the other half’s private life secret, if he wants to marry the singer born in 1989.