Angelina Jolie wants kids to 'avoid spending time' with Brad Pitt

A security guard who used to work for Brangelina has reportedly alleged that Angelina Jolie urged the couple’s children to steer clear of their father Brad Pitt during visits.

The accusation surfaces amidst the ongoing legal dispute between the former partners over the Chateau Miraval, a French vineyard co-owned by the ex power couple. 

Attorneys representing Pitt have filed a statement to the L.A. Superior Court from Tony Webb, the owner of a security company who was previously employed as a security guard for Jolie from 2000 to 2020 and remains in Pitt's employment.

According to court documents obtained by People Magazine, Webb asserts that Michael Vieira, an aide to Jolie, reached out to him. 

Allegedly, Vieira asked Webb to help dissuade two bodyguards, who had previously worked for Jolie through Webb's company SRS Global, from testifying in her custody dispute with Pitt. 

This legal dispute pertains to their children, all of whom, including Maddox (22), Pax (20), Zahara (19), Shiloh (17), and twins Knox and Vivienne (15), have now reached legal adulthood.

“During the call, Mr. Vieira told me that he had heard that two contractors who had provided personal security for Ms. Jolie through SRS Global might be testifying in the family court case,” Webb said. “Mr. Vieira then asked me to stop these two individuals from testifying.”

“I understood that Mr. Vieira was making this request on behalf of Ms. Jolie. I explained to Mr. Vieira that I had no power to stop them because they were independent contractors and not employees,” he continued. 

Webb further said in his declaration, “Mr. Vieira then told me that his call should serve as a reminder that those individuals had entered into non-disclosure agreements with Ms. Jolie and that I should remind them of that and tell them that if they testified in the family law case, Ms. Jolie would sue them.

“When Mr. Foster told me this, he also told me that if asked, he would testify about statements he overheard that Ms. Jolie made to the children, encouraging them to avoid spending time with Mr. Pitt during custody visits.”

An attorney for Angelina Jolie, Paul Murphy, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE, “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."

Murphy added, "This case is not about NDAs in general, but about power and control."

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.”

Pitt's legal representatives submitted Webb's statement to demonstrate that Jolie had employed the same type of non-disclosure agreements she had previously refused to sign when Pitt was prepared to purchase her share of the wine business in 2021.

The lawyers said, “her hook is to allege that she was justified in terminating an imminent deal for Pitt to purchase her interest in Château Miraval, and in doing so breach her obligations not to sell to a stranger without his consent, because Pitt’s lawyers asked for an NDA to be included in the deal papers.”