\nOnce they entrusted their lives, and those of their children, to Brett. But now that they\u2019ve learned he\u2019s been thinking about revealing their intimacies in a book, the star couple has come down on him with the fury of \u201cMr. and Mrs. Smith.\u201d
\nPitt and Jolie, who played married assassins in that movie, have recruited some of the most fearsome libel attorneys in the U.S. and the U.K. to make sure Brett\u2019s lips stay zipped.
\nRecently we obtained a proposal for a memoir and a TV show, both offering Brett\u2019s first-person account of his years guarding the likes of Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sly Stallone and Richard Gere.
\nThe main focus of the pitches, though, was Brangelina. Suffice it to say that Brett had fond memories of Jolie, whom he had been protecting since 2001, and less fond recollections of Pitt.
\nSeeking comment from them, we received a bracing phone call from Marty Singer, the couple\u2019s American litigator.
\nSinger alleged that Brett wasn\u2019t a reliable source. In fact, he was a \u201cpathological liar.\u201d He said Brett\u2019s lies to U.S. Immigration officials here had led to his being barred from entering this country. Singer said that only recently did Pitt and Jolie discover that Brett, who\u2019d claimed he was a British SAS commando, never even served in the military.
\nSinger noted that in 1993 Brett was questioned in the murder of British tycoon Donald Urquhart, though he was later released. In 2006, Brett was arrested for assaulting a restaurant owner in Namibia. The same year, in India, he was accused of choking a photographer and arrested for roughing up and making racial insults against some parents who were trying to pick up their kids.
\nAll told, Singer said, Brett had been convicted 11 times of various crimes.
\nPitt and Jolie had repeatedly come to Brett\u2019s defense. But they apparently came to have doubts about his style of problem-solving.
\nAs for his book and TV proposals, Singer said Brett was bound by a confidentiality agreement. According to Singer, Brett has now stated that he\u2019d never signed off on the pitches and that many of the yarns attributed to him were fabricated by his ghost writer.
\nBrett\u2019s attorneys told us: \u201cOur client disputes what has apparently been said by Mr. Singer, but is not in a position to comment further at this stage.\u201d
\nBrett\u2019s ghost writer, Robin McGibbon, insists that he did not embellish the bodyguard\u2019s stories.
\n\u201cMickey was definitely going to consider a book or TV deal if the offer was good enough,\u201d says McGibbon. But at this point, he said, \u201cthere\u2019s not going to be any book.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"