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Paparazzi Crew Trespasses on Pitt Family Property

The loyal staff of Hollywood star and entertainment icon, Brad Pitt, claims that a television producer and cameraman trespassed at his Hollywood Hills home recently while the actor and his family were away. The paparazzi pair was from E! Networks, parking their van outside the home on October 20th, 2006 and blatantly ignoring a ?no trespassing? sign. They walked right onto the property where the construction workers saw them.

Cindy Guagenti, a Pitt representative, believes that the pair opened the gate. After the two returned to their van and left, the construction workers called Pitt?s security personnel, who contacted the LAPD and made a trespassing report. It seems that the trespassing these two paparazzi players committed wasn?t worth their trouble, they were fired by the network, though the entertainment company denied wrongdoing in a statement.

?E! Networks did not instruct or authorize anyone working on its program to improperly intrude onto private property, and the individuals involved have been terminated. While neither Mr. Pitt nor his family was at the property when the incident took place, the network in no way condones or encourages such behavior and would like to offer its most sincere apologies to Mr. Pitt and his family,? said the statement. It seems entertainment superstars never get a break from the paparazzi and from their fame. It?s all part of the territory when you?re a Hollywood icon.