Angelina Jolie’s lawyers have called Brad Pitt’s attempt to obtain her NDAs “abusive” and an invasion of privacy.
It is the latest dispute related to the ongoing legal battle between the two over their French winery Château Miraval. Jolie claims that her sale of the property was blocked by Pitt, and that he would only allow it to go ahead if she agreed to a “more onerous” and “expansive” NDA.
Jolie has already suggested that Pitt wants her to sign the NDA in order to stop her from speaking out about allegations of his abusive behaviour towards her and their children.
In newly filed court documents, seen by Page Six, Jolie’s team say that she should not have to disclose all of her past NDAs with third parties to Pitt, calling the request “expensive”, “wasteful”, “unreasonable” and “abusive”.
Earlier this month, Jolie’s lawyers also claimed that Pitt was physically abusive towards her, prior to the 2016 plane altercation that led her to file for divorce. A representative for Pitt has declined to comment on the new abuse allegations.
“While Pitt’s history of physical abuse of Jolie started well before the family’s September 2016 plane trip from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the first time he turned his physical abuse on the children as well,” Jolie’s lawyers stated. “Jolie then immediately left him.”
A friend of Pitt familiar with the former couple’s legal battles told PEOPLE: “This is a pattern of behaviour — whenever there is a decision that goes against the other side, they consistently choose to introduce misleading, inaccurate and/or irrelevant information as a distraction,” a friend of Pitt familiar with
“There was a lengthy custody trial that involved the entire history of their relationship and a judge who heard all the evidence still granted him 50/50 custody.”
The alleged incident onboard an aeroplane travelling from Europe to the US on September 14, 2016 reportedly involved one of the former couple’s children, Maddix. Pitt allegedly became physical with their then-15-year-old son as the latter attempted to diffuse the situation between his parents. Pitt’s team has denied all allegations of wrongdoing related to the alleged incident.
Pitt was also the subject of a “child abuse investigation” in relation to Maddix’s purported involvement in the alleged plane incident. It was conducted by the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services, who reportedly later cleared the actor of any wrongdoing.