The pictures that were posted earlier of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their family (not including the twins who were likely sleeping inside) in their yard in France were soon removed from the paparazzi website. There was a lot of questioning as to why someone would take down photos of one of the most photo-stalked celebrity families in the world.
The answer may be because according to Reuters, Brad Pitt has threatened legal action against anyone who has taken and sold/published photos of his family on their private land.
They also mention that Brad and Angelina have agreed to allow the first exclusive photos of the twins to “a U.S. publication”. They say it’s for $11 million but no one has ever actually confirmed how much they’ve paid for exclusive photos in the past, so that may be a simple speculation. As always, the money will be given to charity.
The part of the article that appears to be directly related to the Bauer Griffon Online site states, “one unspecified photo agency that had already sold the pictures had agreed to stop further sales and removed them from its Web site.” Well, HA.
And if you’re wondering who bought those pictures? It may very well be In Touch Weekly, which is claiming on their new cover the following headline: “Baby Joy - First Photos. World Exclusive: Angelina, Brad & the kids celebrate the birth of the twins.”
Obviously, they’re not the ones who have secured the twins’ photos or they’d be on the cover. It would seem that they purchased the photos taken in the yard with an extremely long lens (from where? In a tree? A helicopter? Who knows?), which don’t even have the twins in the photos at all.
I’m glad that Brad is pushing for legal action and I hope they go after the magazine as well. And In Touch wonders why Brad and Angelina prefer to deal with People. Duh.
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