source:reuters
WALVIS BAY, Namibia (Reuters) - A Namibian judge dismissed charges on Monday against a South African photographer arrested for trespassing while trying to snap a shot of pregnant jolie and pitt.
Mon May 22, 9:06 AM ET
John Liebenberg was taken into custody on Friday afternoon after driving into the back of a police barracks in search of a vantage point to take a photograph of a nearby private hospital in the port town of Walvis bay.
The 48-year-old veteran photo journalist was reacting to a tip-off that Jolie had been rushed there to have her baby.
He was released on a warning after being detained for three days in a communal cell.
"It might be that you are a foreigner and that you were arrested for trespassing (but) why was it necessary to keep you in custody for the whole weekend?" Walvis Bay magistrate Sarel Jacobs asked during sentencing.
"I don't understand that and I think it was unnecessary," he added before dismissing the charge.
The prosecution had asked for a fine of 1,000 Namibian dollars ($152) or a year in prison. Liebenberg's lawyer had suggested a fine.
Liebenberg, well known to the couple's bodyguards and security personnel, said police may have wanted to use him as an example to warn other photographers and media.
"They probably wanted to make an example of me to the other so-called nasty paparazzi press. But we have been very respectful to them," he told Reuters.
Pitt, 42, and Jolie, 30 -- dubbed "Brangelina" by the tabloid press -- have sparked a media frenzy since arriving in the southern African country over six weeks ago to have their first child, far from the prying lenses of Hollywood.
Their bodyguards and Namibian security have shielded the couple from journalists and hounded some out of town.
Green cloth screens mask the beach resort where they are staying, while pepper-spraying bodyguards and undercover police have made it almost impossible to get close.
Jolie's due date had been reported to be May 18.
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How much do you think a photo of a just born baby is worth? If it is Brad and Angie’s baby its worth a lot. Like a $5 million. They’ve just signed the deal with US Weekly and all the money will go directly to the UNICEF.
A source is quoted in Daily Mirror newspaper as saying:
"They’ve signed a £2.6million deal with a publication and the money will go to children’s charity UNICEF. Angelina’s very private but they figured they might as well use the opportunity of one child being born to help a lot of others."
but:
"Brad Pitt, 42, Angelina Jolie, 30, son Maddox Jolie-Pitt, 4, and daughter Zahara Jolie-Pitt, 1, and all their staff including their nannies and security team had dinner together at the"Oyster Bar" in Namibia this past Saturday. In the pictures above, I spy Brad, Angelina, Maddox and Angelina's long-time bodyguard Mickey Brett. Angelina's older brother James Haven (Jamie) is rumored to have been there -- in the white shirt/hat. And just this past Friday, in Brad and Angelina's ongoing battle for privacy, South African photographer John Liebenberg was arrested Friday for trespassing a private hospital on a tip-off that Angelina was giving birth. Has Angelina given birth yet?
No official word yet."
source:justjared.com
Brad Pitt won't be in Cannes tomorrow for his new movie Babel. According to ET, Brad will issue a statement tomorrow.
Obviously he won't be there because he is with his family and awaiting the birth of his & Angie's baby.
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erezhilton
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