Hollywood actress and icon Angelina Jolie has been ordered by a Los Angeles judge to submit eight years’ worth of non-disclosure agreements (NDA) for the ongoing legal battle with her ex-husband Brad Pitt, over their French winery Château Miraval.
The actress was told to produce all non-privileged documents that are in her possession, custody, or control and are responsive to Brad Pitt’s legal team’s request which includes any NDAs that Angelina must have entered into. The judge has given her a month to comply with the order.
A source from Brad’s team described the ruling as a crushing blow to Angelina, who had earlier said that carrying out such a request would be expensive, wasteful, unreasonable, and abusive. Her lawyers also continued to indicate that unveiling of the documents jeopardises the privacy of other people involved in the contracts.
However, after the recent ruling, Angelina’s attorney, Paul Murphy, framed it as a victory for their side and said, “Common NDAs are simply not comparable to Mr. Pitt’s last-second demand to try and cover up his personal misconduct. We are more than happy to turn them over and we are gratified that the Court acknowledged that the only potential relevance is to the unconscionability of Mr. Pitt’s conduct, a now confirmed key issue in this case.”