The exes have been going backwards and forwards in court docket over their French vineyard, Chateau Miraval.
Angelina Jolie allegedly inspired her kids with Brad Pitt to “keep away from” their father, a safety guard who used to work for the celeb couple claims in new court docket paperwork obtained by Leisure Tonight. Pitt’s attorneys declare in a brand new submitting that former safety guard Tony Webb was instructed by former contractors for the couple that Jolie had instructed her kids to not communicate with Pitt throughout custody visits.
The paperwork, filed as a part of the years-long authorized battle between Jolie and Pitt over their Château Miraval winery, additionally declare Jolie tried to threaten the guards into silent utilizing non-disclosure agreements. Webb’s declaration claims that the safety firm proprietor, who labored for Jolie from 2000 to 2020 and at the moment works for Pitt, was approached by a Jolie aide named Michael Vieira to assist dissuade two former bodyguards who had labored for Jolie via Webb from testifying within the actress’ custody battle. Pitt and Jolie share kids Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 17, and 15-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
Court docket paperwork declare that Webb “acquired a number of calls from Jolie’s consultant, who instructed Mr. Webb to remind his workers that they’d entered into NDAs with Jolie and that in the event that they testified in a custody continuing, Jolie would sue them.” One of many workers members additionally allegedly instructed Webb that “he would testify about statements he overheard that Ms. Jolie made to the kids, encouraging them to keep away from spending time with Mr. Pitt throughout custody visits,” though Webb didn’t declare to have heard such feedback himself. The paperwork declare that the 2 safety contractors each testified regardless of the alleged threats and “shortly thereafter Jolie fired Mr. Webb’s firm.”
Paul Murphy, an lawyer for Jolie, instructed PEOPLE in a press release that Pitt’s “continued try and equate frequent NDAs for safety personnel and housekeepers masking confidential info workers study at work, with him demanding an expanded NDA to make sure the continued coverup of his deplorable actions stays shameful.” Murphy continued that the case is about “energy and management” versus NDA utilization. “All Angelina has ever wished was separation and well being, with optimistic relationships between all members of their household, together with Mr. Pitt,” the lawyer continued. “She appears to be like ahead to the day when he’s lastly in a position to let her go.”
The newest authorized submitting comes a month after Jolie’s attorneys filed court docket paperwork claiming that Pitt had been “bodily abusive” towards her earlier than the alleged 2016 airplane incident on a airplane she mentioned led her to file for divorce.