Brad Pitt Responds to Angelina Jolie's Argument Over NDAs in Sale of Winery, Friend Describes Her Abuse Allegations as a 'Smokescreen'
05.04.2024 - 23:49
/ justjared.com
Brad Pitt responded to Angelina Jolie‘s latest legal filing in their standoff over the sale of Miraval, a winery that they shared joint ownership of in France.
If you need a reminder, Angelina has been trying to sell her share of the winery for years now. Though she was granted permission to do so in 2021, Brad sued her and argued that she was breaking a previous agreement.
The legal standoff developed significantly this week after Angelina filed court documents stating that she had faced pressure to sign an “expansive” NDA before Brad would agree to buy her out.
It was alleged that the agreement would prohibit her from talking about past incidents of physical abuse, which her team claimed happened before an infamous 2016 incident involving the couple’s children.
On Friday (April 5), Brad hit back via his own filing as friends close to him accuse Angelina of putting up a “smokescreen.”
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In his newly filed court documents, Brad‘s team does not deny that an NDA was requested. However, they are demanding that Angelina provide evidence of the other NDAs that she has entered and argue that they void Angelina‘s argument.
“If Jolie conditioned her continued employment of an individual on that individual’s agreement to an NDA covering what they witnessed in her home – including her treatment of her children and Pitt - that would be highly probative of whether she truly believed the provision requested by Pitt was an ‘unconscionable gag order,’ The same is true with respect to any NDA between Jolie and any third party with whom she is in a relationship or who has assisted with the care of the couple’s children,” they wrote.
They continued, writing, “To the extent that Jolie reque