Overview

• Former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron is exploring legal action against Coldplay for emotional distress and breach of privacy stemming from the July 16 kiss-cam video.
• No formal lawsuit has been filed against Coldplay as of July 29 despite reports he is assembling documents.
• Legal experts say proving a privacy violation or defamation is unlikely given the public setting and multiple filmed interactions.
• Byron and Astronomer’s HR chief Kristin Cabot resigned after the scandal, and co-founder Pete DeJoy has taken over as interim CEO.
• Astronomer enlisted Gwyneth Paltrow for a tongue-in-cheek PR campaign to refocus attention on its DataOps services following the viral incident.