Wednesday, May 22, 2024


On Thursday, May 16, Judge Lia Martin ruled in Los Angeles Superior Court that the actress must "produce, within 60 calendar days of this Order, all non-privileged documents in her possession, custody or control that are responsive to" Pitt's requests. "The production is limited in scope of time to calendar years 2014 through February 17, 2022 (when this action was filed),"

About the history of NDAs, Jolie's attorney Paul Murphy says, however, that they are "more than happy to turn them over."

“Common NDAs are simply not comparable to Mr. Pitt’s last-second demand to try and cover up his personal misconduct," says Murphy, adding that they 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."

Murphy says the ruling "opens the door to discovery on all issues related to Pitt’s abuse" and "we welcome that transparency in all parties’ discovery responses."

"Angelina looks forward to the eventual end of this litigation with its false narratives that continue to hurt the family and interfere with their ability to heal," concludes Murphy.

Murphy, Jolie's attorney, said in a previous statement, “Mr. Pitt’s continued attempt to equate common NDAs for security personnel and housekeepers covering confidential information employees learn at work, with him demanding an expanded NDA to ensure the continued coverup of his deplorable actions remains shameful."

"This case is not about NDAs in general, but about power and control," continued Murphy at the time. "All Angelina has ever wanted was separation and health, with positive relationships between all members of their family, including Mr. Pitt. She looks forward to the day when he is finally able to let her go."

A source close to Pitt calls the ruling a "significant blow to the credibility" of Jolie's claims and a "strong statement challenging them to match their rhetoric with actual facts, which they consistently have not been able to do."

“This is a business dispute that they have made unnecessarily personal and they are now being held accountable," said that source.


This story was fed to People hours before the Order was available online.

No denial of abuse. "they have made unnecessarily personal" is a tacit admission that everything alleged is true.

Murphy's statement was on the record. For Brad, there is just the anonymous "a source close to Pitt". While Murphy is eager to be publicly associated with representing Angelina, Brad's lawyers outside of his former divorce lawyer Anne Kiley who is now a judge, do not want to be publicly accountable for statements on this case.

A hint that "the eventual end of this litigation with its false narratives that continue to hurt the family and interfere with their ability to heal" may be drawing near. Based on the quotes below, perhaps before the "60 calendar days of this Order" deadline.





The source close to Jolie, 48, tells PEOPLE that Pitt, 60, "and his team know that these NDAs are never going to see the light of day at trial," amid a judge's recent order that the actress must produce eight years' worth of NDAs.

Rather, "this is all for the press," the source adds. "They also know that this will force Angelina to spend resources tracking all of this information down, which is just another way to drain her resources and punish her for leaving."

A Pitt source pushes back on those claims, telling PEOPLE. “The other side introduced the NDA issue into what is a straightforward business dispute, so it's ironic that they are now complaining about it," the source says, adding, "And they are the ones who were greatly enriched from violating the parties' agreement in selling the business.”


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