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Extension Of An Already Prolonged Legal Battle
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been in a legal dispute more than eight years now. Just as they seemed to be on the verge of a settlement, Pitt launched a sudden petition that only made the situation more complicated. He demands that Jolie hand over her previous confidentiality agreements to his legal team.
Challenging Allegations And Demand For Confidential Agreement
Brad Pitt took steps to challenge accusations of abuse by Angelina Jolie, requesting access to her non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with third parties. According to a report in Page Six, Pitt’s attorneys argue that Jolie’s practice of entering into NDAs unconnected with Pitt should compromise her claim that NDAs about alleged abuse ended the deal.
Angelina Jolie’s lawyers criticized Pitt for the court demands which they termed “unreasonable” and “overbearing.” Pitt wants Jolie to allow him to go over every agreement she considered or signed during the past decade to check for any NDAs, including those about non-disparagement and non-disclosure, that may or may not be related to this case.
Legal Strategy And Its Significance
Pitt’s legal strategy leaves the impression he’s trying to show that historical acceptance of NDAs on Jolie’s part is damaging her current testimony. But Jolie’s side sees it as an unnecessary invasion of privacy that bears no reference to what’s particular about their dispute. This prolonging legal saga goes further in complicating their post separation affairs.
Infringement on Third-Party Rights
The requirement for Angelina Jolie to turn over every past confidentiality agreement is said to have infringed the rights of other parties involved in this case but not alerted about the demand. This step, as Jolie’s legal team pointed out, is not merely burdensome but also violates privacy and adds unnecessary costs. They argue that this is still another type of Brad Pitt’s alleged abusive behavior, and emphasize that the court should not tolerate such actions.
In the past, Jolie has also said that Pitt prevented her from selling her shares in their shared winery unless she put her signature on a non-disclosure agreement. Moreover, toward the beginning of this month, Pitt’s legal team made a move in court asking that Jolie reveal the number of confidentiality agreements she had her staff to writ.
Public Relations Perspective
From Jolie Paul Murphy criticized Pitt’s equivalence of workplace ritualism and NDAs with what he described as “shameful” abuse. Emphasizing that the real issue at stake here is not NDA itself per se but “power and privilege,” Murphy stated: “I do not discern any depth in these mere attempts [at persuasion].” He says that contrary to what Pitt claims, Jolie is doing one thing and only one thing: Getting out of a rumor-filled marriage for her own health. She doesn’t want to be drawn into any conflict but Pitt forces it on her again this time over the custody of the children, no less!
While the two are still at loggerheads, a hearing is scheduled for May 16. Despite this, full war seems still any distance away; so that conclusion to these legal entanglements appears unlikely immediately.
