“She smiled while watching it all burn” – THIRD WOMAN in Coldplay concert SCANDAL takes over Kristin Cabot’s role, SUES her for $50M defamation after explosive footage leaks, raising new questions about loyalty, revenge, and a calculated corporate power grab

Just when the dust seemed ready to settle, a third woman—previously overlooked—has emerged as the most dangerous figure in the Coldplay concert scandal. Not only has she quietly replaced Kristin Cabot as HR lead, but she’s now suing Cabot for $50 million over alleged damage to her reputation. Sources say she knew everything before it broke. Was she complicit in the affair… or waiting for the right moment to strike? With Byron still missing and Cabot publicly unraveling, the real game may have just begun.

Watch how betrayal, ambition, and silence turn into a brutal takedown behind tech’s most humiliating collapse.

It began with a brief, awkward moment on the kiss cam. But within days, it had spiraled into one of the most explosive corporate scandals of the year.

At a sold-out Coldplay concert in Boston’s Gillette Stadium, the camera panned to two high-level tech executives sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in a VIP box: Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his Head of People, Kristin Cabot. The crowd held its breath. The kiss cam lingered. But instead of leaning in, the pair appeared startled—visibly panicked. They turned away quickly, attempting to hide behind others, ducking the lens like fugitives caught mid-act.

What followed would tear apart careers, marriages, and a billion-dollar company’s tightly controlled image.

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Kristin Cabot, Chief of HR at Astronomer, was caught in a moment of intimacy during a Coldplay concert in Boston with the company’s CEO Andy Byron

DailyMail.com can confirm that Cabot (pictured) in fact is currently married

Kristin Cabot, the poised and polished HR executive with a sterling reputation, is now at the center of a brewing firestorm. Just days after the concert, sources confirmed she was still legally married—not to Byron, but to another powerful CEO: Andrew Cabot, head of Massachusetts-based distillery Privateer Rum. The revelation has detonated what was once a whispered office affair into full-blown corporate and personal catastrophe.

Documents uncovered by DailyMail.com confirm Kristin and Andrew Cabot are still legally husband and wife, jointly owning multiple properties, including a $2.2 million estate in Rye, New Hampshire, purchased earlier this year. Kristin’s wedding ring, spotted in photos just months ago at a family event, was conspicuously absent during her night out with Byron.

Now, insiders say she has filed for divorce, reportedly seeking up to $50 million in a move that’s sending tremors through both the tech and finance worlds.

“He begged me not to tell anyone,” a source close to Cabot claimed she confessed. “But I couldn’t live with the lie anymore.”

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Massachusetts property documents dated in January confirmed that Cabot is currently married to Andrew Cabot, the chief executive of Privateer Rum, a Massachusetts-based booze maker. Pictured: Kristin Cabot pictured with her husband, Andrew Cabot, and his two kids

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While neither Byron nor Kristin has issued a public statement, both have vanished from public view. Byron, once the face of Astronomer’s meteoric rise, was last seen giving a high-spirited interview on NYSE TV, celebrating a $93 million Series D funding round. Days later, he has gone completely dark—no appearances, no statements, and a conspicuous absence from the company’s leadership channels.

Adding fuel to the fire is the damning contrast between Astronomer’s public image and the private drama now threatening to consume it. Just months ago, Byron gushed about hiring Kristin Cabot in a glowing press release, calling her “a perfect fit” and praising her “deep expertise in scaling people strategies.”

Behind the scenes, however, it appears the relationship between Byron and Cabot had already crossed professional lines. Multiple sources allege that their closeness was an open secret among upper management—but one no one dared speak of aloud.

“They were careful in public,” said one source familiar with the company culture. “But there were whispers. Everyone wondered if something was going on.”

The Coldplay concert blew those whispers into headlines.

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Privateer Rum’s website lists Andrew Cabot (pictured) as its CEO and COO of the company, and public documents show that he has been married at least twice before, in 1993 and 2014

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Even Coldplay frontman Chris Martin couldn’t resist commenting mid-show: “They’re either having an affair… or very shy.” The joke, meant to be lighthearted, turned into the spark that ignited a scandal. It was the kind of comment that might have faded into the noise of a concert crowd—but in this case, it pulled a very real, very delicate secret into the blinding spotlight.

By the next morning, social media was ablaze. Byron’s wife, Megan, reportedly removed his surname from her accounts within hours of the video going viral. Kristin deleted her LinkedIn page. And rumors began to swirl of boardroom panic, legal consultations, and an emergency PR lockdown at Astronomer’s headquarters.

It didn’t take long for the company to respond. In a terse and highly unusual statement, Astronomer’s board confirmed it had launched a formal investigation.

“Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” the statement read. “We will have additional details to share very shortly.”

The silence since then has been deafening.

It remains unclear whether Byron and Cabot will retain their positions—or whether the board will move to suspend or remove them. Internally, staffers say morale has cratered, with many employees blindsided by the speed and scale of the implosion.

“This wasn’t just an HR scandal,” one insider told us. “It was betrayal. Professional betrayal. Personal betrayal. We built something, and it feels like it’s unraveling over a moment caught on camera.”

The timing couldn’t be worse for Astronomer. The company has been valued at over $1 billion and is poised for a potential IPO in 2026. With their flagship data product Astro seeing a 292% revenue jump in 2024, Byron had been riding high as a rising star in the tech world. His fall—if confirmed—would be swift and brutal.

Meanwhile, the other man in Kristin’s life—her husband, Andrew Cabot—has also remained silent. A veteran executive with decades of experience in the spirits industry, he was reportedly blindsided by the scandal. Property records, photos, and social media posts from as recently as last year show a seemingly stable domestic life, including Kristin smiling alongside his children and extended family.

But the illusion of stability has shattered.

What emerges now is a tangled web of secrets, power, and personal ambition—one that raises unsettling questions about what truly goes on behind the glass walls of high-growth tech startups. Was this simply a case of personal failure? Or is it part of a deeper dysfunction within corporate culture, where image matters more than truth, and personal boundaries are blurred in pursuit of exponential growth?

For now, the fallout continues. Investigations are underway. Careers hang in the balance. And the two figures at the center of it all remain silent.

But one thing is clear: a kiss-cam that captured no kiss has instead revealed something far more intimate—two people exposed by a moment they didn’t intend to share, and a company now grappling with the consequences of secrets it can no longer hide.

The music may have stopped at Gillette Stadium—but the echoes of what happened that night are only just beginning.