Former Bodyguard Penning Book about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Looks like those rumors we heard a few months ago may be true. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s former bodyguard is looking for a book deal. The New York Daily News’ Rush and Malloy recently received “a proposal for a memoir and a TV show, both offering [Mickey]Brett’s first-person account of his years guarding the likes of Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sly Stallone and Richard Gere.”
The proposal painted Angelina in a good light and Brad in a not-so-good-light.
Mickey has worked for Angelina since 2001, but disappeared at some point last year. The Daily News called the family’s American lawyer Marty Singer. Of course, Singer said Mickey was bound by confidentially. He also made some very interesting allegations. Singer says that Big Mickey” is a liar, a pathological one in fact.
Mickey allegedly lied to US immigration which kept him from entering the country. He also my have lied to Brad and Angie about having served as a British SAS commando. Singer says he never served in the military.
Brett was arrested twice in 2006, once for allegedly assaulting a restaurant owner in Namibia and a second time for after he was accused of hurling racial insults to parents picking up in their kids in India while Angelina shot A Mighty Heart.
Singer says Brett’s been convicted of 11 crimes. Brad and Angie repeatedly came to his defense but even his staunchest supporters “began to have doubts”.
As for his book and TV proposals, Singer said Brett was bound by a confidentiality agreement. According to Singer, Brett has now stated that he’d never signed off on the pitches and that many of the yarns attributed to him were fabricated by his ghost writer.
In response, Brett’s attorney said, “Our client disputes what has apparently been said by Mr. Singer, but is not in a position to comment further at this stage.”
The ghost writers says that everything he wrote, he got from Big Mickey himself. “Mickey was definitely going to consider a book or TV deal if the offer was good enough,” Robert McGibbon said. McGibbon also said there’s not going to be any book now.
