Zac Brown has launched an announcement relating to a lawsuit filed in opposition to estranged spouse Kelly Yazdi. On Saturday (May 18), Billboard obtained a response from the Zac Brown Band frontman’s consultant, which may be learn in full beneath.

“After much deliberation, I took the steps necessary to enforce an agreement between us to maintain personal and business affairs in confidence and to protect my family from online harassment and speculation,” Brown says in his assertion to Billboard. “My only hope is for us to keep private matters private and to move forward with the mutual respect we had agreed to show one another when we parted ways.”

Reports that the nation star filed a lawsuit in opposition to Yazdi circulated on Friday, when TMZ obtained court docket paperwork that alleged an Instagram put up on Yazdi’s feed violated a confidentiality settlement she signed with Brown. The publication reported the singer requested a brief restraining order that might power Yadzi to take away the put up.

The put up of Yadzi’s that led to the lawsuit being filed had not been recognized at press time.

Brown and Yazdi’s divorce was introduced in late December, 4 months after the couple married. Their wedding ceremony marked Brown’s second marriage; the singer shares 5 kids together with his former spouse Shelly Brown.

“We are in the process of divorce,” Brown and Yazdi mentioned in a Dec. 29 assertion. “Our mutual respect for one another remains. We wish each other the best and will always appreciate our time together. As we navigate this personal matter, we simply request privacy during this time.”

Brown has charted 35 songs with the Zac Brown Band on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart, together with 17 prime 10s and eight No. 1s, starting with their 2008 breakthrough hit “Chicken Fried.”