Photo Credit:James Devaney/GC Images
According to security guard records obtained by PEOPLE, Angelina Jolie allegedly encouraged her children, who she shares with her ex-husband Brad Pitt, to their father during visits.
The accusation is made in the midst of the ex-couples protracted and very heated court dispute over their Chateau Miraval winery in France. Attorneys representing Pitt filed a declaration with the L.A. Superior Court on behalf of Tony Webb, the owner of a security company, who was employed by Jolie, 48, from 2000 to 2020. Webb asserts that Jolie fired him, but he is still employed by Pitt, 60.
In a 12-page declaration, Webb stated that a Jolie assistant by the name of Michael Vieira had contacted him, seeking his assistance in trying to talk two bodyguards—who had worked for Jolie through Webb's company SRS Global—out of testifying in her custody battle with Pitt over their children, Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 17, and the twins, Knox and Vivienne,15,—who are now half of legal age.
Mr. Vieira, on behalf of Ms. Jolie, requested that two contractors who provided personal security through SRS Global testify in the family court case. Webb explained that he had no power to stop them as they were independent contractors. Vieira reminded the individuals that they had entered into non-disclosure agreements with Jolie and that if they testified, Jolie would sue them. One of the individuals, Ross Foster, stated that he would testify regardless of the NDA if he received a court subpoena. He also claimed that he would testify about statements made by Jolie to the children, encouraging them to avoid spending time with Mr. Pitt during custody visits. Webb confirmed that Mr. Foster had overheard Jolie's statements and would testify if asked.
Angelina Jolie's attorney, Paul Murphy, has accused Pitt of attempting to equate common NDAs for security personnel and housekeepers with his own deplorable actions. Jolie's lawyers argue that the case is about power and control, rather than NDAs in general. They claim that Jolie used the type of NDAs she objected to sign when Pitt was ready to buy her out of the wine business in 2021. Jolie's lawyers claim that Jolie terminated an imminent deal for Pitt to purchase her interest in Château Miraval, breaching her obligations not to sell to a stranger without his consent.
Pitt's lawyers argue that Jolie's reliance on NDAs will help establish her experience with NDAs and understand their legitimate business purposes. They also accuse Jolie of turning the business dispute into a sideshow about family court matters. Jolie's lawyers suggested that Pitt feared that sealed documents from their custody battle could be made public without the NDA.
Jolie's lawyers referenced an incident that occurred the day before Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, stating that Pitt's history of physical abuse of Jolie began before the family's September 2016 plane trip from France to Los Angeles. The FBI investigated the incident, but Pitt was not charged.