Brad Pitt to Sue Vanity Fair??
Brad Pitt and his lawyers are said to be ‘weighing their legal options,’ after the unauthorized covershoot on December’s Vanity Fair. He apparently had ‘no idea’ he was to appear on the cover.
His rep gave a statement to TMZ: “We are very disappointed that Vanity Fair has chosen to put an unauthorized cover on their magazine. It seriously makes me question their integrity and motives.”
The photos were taken in 2005 by artist Robert Wilson, and at the time of the shoot, Pitt signed a legal release for the still and video images taken.
Vanity Fair has also released a statement to TMZ, and insist there was no wrong-doing on their part.
“In a letter dated October 5, 2006, and sent to Pitt care of Brillstein-Grey [Pitt's managers], Wilson informed Pitt that a still image from his portrait was going to be featured in the December art issue of Vanity Fair.”
A source says that Brad never received any letter.
The rep for Vanity Fair continues: “Brad Pitt posed for a Robert Wilson video portrait, and in the photo release (signed by Pitt), agreed to allow Wilson to use the portrait or any images from that sitting in connection with any publicity on Wilson’s video project. Vanity Fair decided to do a story on Wilson’s video portraits and obtained rights to the entire collection of photographs from those sittings, which included Pitt’s.”
If he signed a legal release, I really don’t see how he can do anything about it…legal contracts are binding, after all…that’s why people get you to sign the damn things in the first place!!!
[tags]brad pitt, vanity fair, photoshoot, legal[/tags]
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