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Angelina Jolie must turn over 8 years of NDAs to Brad Pitt as he wins latest round in winery war: ‘Crushing blow’
Angelina Jolie will have to turn over all the non-disclosure agreements she has signed in the past eight years as part of her ongoing legal battle with Brad Pitt over their fancy French winery.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that the “Maleficent” star must “produce” within the next month “all non-privileged documents in her possession, custody, or control that are responsive to” a request by Pitt’s side to show any NDAs she has signed.
The Oscar winning couple have been locked in a years-long battle over their divorce — including ownership of their $500 million winery, Château Miraval.
A Pitt source declared the latest ruling as a “crushing blow” after Jolie’s side had previously argued in court papers that turning over her past NDAs would be “expensive,” “wasteful,” “unreasonable” — and even “abusive.”
Jolie’s lawyers also previously argued in court documents that turning over other NDAs she has signed would be an invasion of privacy for other parties.
The documents would presumably include NDAs with Hollywood employers, brands and employees, and the documents could contain “contracts that include Jolie’s compensation or compensation she paid to third parties,” her side said in court papers.
The new judge’s order also said that Jolie’s side should provide a list of any documents she deems as privileged in the case, so that Pitt’s team can “evaluate the merits of Jolie’s assertions of
privilege.”
Pitt’s lawyers filed papers in April asking Jolie to reveal just how many NDAs she has asked staffers to sign, after she accused him of trying to use what she said was an overreaching agreement to “control” her, we reported.