Brad Pitt’s legal quest for Angelina Jolie to reveal her earlier non-disclosure agreements in their Château Miraval court case is a way to “punish” her, a source claims.
A source close to Jolie, 48, tells PEOPLE that Pitt, 60, “and his team know these NDAs will never see the light of day at trial,” amid a recent judge’s order that the actress must produce eight years of NDAs.
Instead, “this is all for the press,” the source adds. “They also know that it will force Angelina to spend resources tracking down all this information, which is just another way to drain their resources and punish her for leaving.”
A Pitt source refutes the claims, speaking to PEOPLE. “The other side introduced the NDA issue into what is a simple business dispute, so it’s ironic that they’re now complaining about it,” the source says, adding: “And they’re the ones who got very rich by violating the parties’ agreement in the sale of the business.” Judge Lia Martin ruled in Los Angeles Superior Court that Jolie must “produce, within 60 calendar days of this Order, all non-privileged documents in her possession, custody or control that respond” to Pitt’s claims in the previously filed lawsuit. , according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.
Pitt’s lawyers are seeking disclosure of Jolie’s NDAs because they believe it is “highly relevant” to her “alleged justifications for refusing to honor her contractual obligations to Pitt” when she sold her shares in the winery.
The source is close Fight club The actor called the ruling “a significant blow to the credibility” of Jolie’s claims and “a powerful statement challenging them to match their rhetoric with the actual facts, which they have consistently failed to do.”
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt; Château Miraval.
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“This is a business dispute that they unnecessarily made personal and now they are responding,” said the source.
However, Jolie’s lawyer Paul Murphy said the actress’ legal team was “more than happy to [NDAs] over.”
“Normal NDAs are simply not comparable to Mr. Pitt’s last-second request to try to cover up his personal misconduct,” Murphy said, adding that they were “satisfied that the Court recognized that the only potential relevance was Mr. Pitt’s misconduct, now confirmed as a key issue in this case.”
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Murphy went on to say that the ruling “opens the door to disclosure” of issues related to Pitt’s alleged abuse and “we welcome that transparency in the responses of all parties to the discovery.”
“Angelina looks forward to the final outcome of this litigation with her false stories that continue to hurt the family and hinder their ability to heal,” the lawyer concluded.
In their previous lawsuit, Pitt’s legal team accused Jolie of “refusing to produce any documents other than those (if any) relating to such agreement between” her and Pitt. The request also included “any NDA between Jolie and any third party with whom she has a relationship or who has assisted with the care of the couple’s children.”
The judge’s order states that “production is time-limited to calendar years 2014 through February 17, 2022 (when this lawsuit was filed),” with Judge Martin rejecting Jolie’s objections that her NDAs were not relevant.
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