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Lawyers for Brad Pitt threatened legal action against anyone publishing recent photographs taken by paparazzi of the actor and his newly enlarged family at their French estate.
Pictures of Pitt and his family in France were "surreptitiously" snapped using a powerful telephoto lens and sold to an unidentified buyer.
Pitt and Angelina Jolie have reportedly sold exclusive rights to the first photographs of their newborn twins to a US publication for US$11 million ($15 million), the proceeds going to charity.