Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s divorce has been very public, and now there’s new information causing more conflict. A former security guard who worked for them is making troubling accusations against Jolie for her actions while they were married.
According to court papers now in the media, Brad Pitt’s lawyers claim a former security guard named Tony Webb was told by Jolie not to let the children talk to Pitt during his visits.
The documents also say Jolie tried to make the security guards sign legal agreements called non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to keep quiet about this.
These papers are part of a long legal fight between Jolie and Pitt over their shared Château Miraval vineyard. The case involves arguments about NDAs and other issues that have been going on for years.
According to the documents, Tony Webb worked as the head of Angelina Jolie’s security team for twenty years, continuing in that role for about four years after she and Brad Pitt divorced.
Webb said that Jolie made him and his team sign NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) about many personal and professional aspects of her and her family’s life.
After Jolie and Pitt started their divorce, they had a big fight over who would take care of their six children. The documents say Webb got calls from Jolie’s representative. They told him to remind his team that they signed NDAs with Jolie. They warned that if they spoke in the custody case, Jolie might sue them.
Webb said that he had conveyed the message to his contractors, and both of them confirmed that they would testify if they were to be subpoenaed.
The documents further claimed that “one of them told Webb that ‘he would testify about statements he overheard that Ms. Jolie made to the children, encouraging them to avoid spending time with Mr. Pitt during custody visits.’”
The documents also stated that the “the two security contractors both testified” despite being threated with being sued and shortly after, Mr. Webb’s company was fired by Jolie.
Webb himself does not claim to have heard Jolie’s directive instructing the children not to interact with Pitt during custody visits. He now also works for Pitt.
Jolie’s attorney, Paul Murphy has since then addressed the media over this matter. He said in a statement, “Mr. Pitt’s continued attempt to equate common NDAs for security personnel and housekeepers covering confidential information employees learn at work, with him demanding an expanded NDA to ensure the continued coverup of his deplorable actions remains shameful.” “This case is not about NDAs in general, but about power and control. All Angelina has ever wanted was separation and health, with positive relationships between all members of their family, including Mr. Pitt. She looks forward to the day when he is finally able to let her go,” the statement further read.
The latest filing comes after over a month after Jolie’s lawyer filed documents claiming that Pitt had been physically abusive toward her even before the alleged infamous plane incident of 2016. That incident, according to documents, was the final straw in asking for a divorce.
The motion that Jolie’s legal team filed in early April, most revolved around the dispute over their shares of ownership in their French winery estate, Château Miraval.
Her legal team filed a motion asking the court to compel Pitt and his legal team to provide “responses” and “documents” that explained why the actor “suddenly conditioned his purchase of Jolie’s share of Miraval on her agreeing to a greatly expanded NDA now covering Pitt’s personal misconduct, whether related to Miraval or not.”
Jolie firmly claims that this move to demand NDAs was Pitt’s attempt to “cover up” the alleged abuse against Jolie and their children.
Pitt was never charged with a crime after authorities investigated the 2016 plane incident.
In contrast to what Jolie’s legal team is saying, Pitt’s lawyers allege that it was Jolie and her team who requested a “broader” NDA.
