Guards, Paparazzi In Brangelina Battle

Camouflaged Photographers, Guards Fight At Hollywood Couple's French Estate

(AP)  It sounds like a scene from "Fight Club."

French police say camouflaged paparazzi who got on to the grounds of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chateau in southern France fought with the Hollywood couple's guards.

Police spokeswoman Capt. Olivia Poupot said Friday the two photographers were wearing camouflage clothes. She said police officers took them and the two guards in for questioning after Thursday's bust-up at the Jolie-Pitt family's Miraval estate.

The police captain said both sides filed legal complaints accusing the other of battery and causing injury. She said she believed the injuries were bruises and scratches and "nothing nasty."

Nevertheless, the guards got doctors' notes giving them four days off work; the photographers did not, she said.

Jolie returned to the estate after the July 12 birth of her twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, in the Mediterranean city of Nice, about 60 miles away.

Poupot said she didn't know how long the paparazzi had been on the chateau grounds or further details about the "altercation with the guards."

"One can imagine that if you discover someone in your garden who is taking your photo then you're not necessarily going to politely show them the way out," she said.

Police took everyone downtown to the nearby village of Carces and took statements. A judge will rule on whether the legal complaints should be pursued further, she said.

Poupot said it was the first time the chateau has called on police to intervene since the Jolie-Pitts settled there earlier this year, ahead of the twins' birth.

The police captain said she had no information on the nationalities or the names of the photographers.

"I won't hide for you that this kind of thing is really not the type of problem that interests us," she said. "There are, in my opinion, far more important things than paparazzi taking photos of a glamour couple."

[whatsup49]

WHO CARES . . . THIS IS NOT A NEWS STORY, IT''S NOT A STORY PERIOD

[socal_j]

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[jetlizhan]

boring, boring, boring.

[mast_de74]

boring,boring,boring,zzzzzzzzzzzz,who cares.But You still read about it.

[mast_de74]

boring,boring,boring,zzzzzzzzzzzz,who cares.But You still read about it.

[misssuzq]

Maybe if they would make an attempt at keeping a lower profile by not having 60 kids and find a real home for themselves, maybe they would not be such a big deal.

Also, if no magazines buy their pictures, the paparazzi can''t make any money.

[misssuzq]

BTW...The only reason they even became "newsworthy" is because he was MARRIED at the time of their getting together.

Which, of course, they deny.

[abigail531]

THIS WOMAN IS A SELF-ABSORBED, PIECE OF NOTHING!WHEN SHE HAD HER FIRST CHILD, SHE SWORE SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE ANOTHER CHILD. NOW SHE HAS TWO MORE CHILDREN THAT SHE PLANNED FOR, AND USED IN-VITRO TO MAKE SURE SHE DID GET PREGNANT. WHAT A TRIBUTE TO HER MAN. MAYBE SHE DOESN''T LIKE HAVENG *** WITH BRAD. MAYBE SHE USED SOMEBOBY''S ELSE''S SPERM,LIKE HER BROTHER THAT SHE KISSES MORE PASSIONATELY THAN BRAD!IT IS NICE THAT SHE ADOPTS CHILDREN WHO ARE ORPHINS,BUT SHE DOESN''T TAKE CARE OF THEM. A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DO. IF SHE HAD ANY CLASS, SHE WOULD ADOPT THE CHILDREN, AND QUIETLY CARE FOR THEM LIKE MIA FARROW DOES. PRETTY SOON HER ADOPTEES WILL BE GOING TO BOARDING SCHOOL.