diff --git a/src/crewai/utilities/events/llm_events.py b/src/crewai/utilities/events/llm_events.py
index 988b6f945..10a648e86 100644
--- a/src/crewai/utilities/events/llm_events.py
+++ b/src/crewai/utilities/events/llm_events.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class LLMCallStartedEvent(CrewEvent):
     """Event emitted when a LLM call starts"""
 
     type: str = "llm_call_started"
-    messages: Union[str, List[Dict[str, str]]]
+    messages: Union[str, List[Dict[str, Any]]]
     tools: Optional[List[dict]] = None
     callbacks: Optional[List[Any]] = None
     available_functions: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
diff --git a/tests/test_multimodal_validation.py b/tests/test_multimodal_validation.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45efecfe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_multimodal_validation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from typing import Dict, List, Union, Any
+from pydantic import ValidationError
+import pytest
+
+from crewai.utilities.events.llm_events import LLMCallStartedEvent
+
+
+def test_llm_call_started_event_with_multimodal_content():
+    """Test that LLMCallStartedEvent properly handles multimodal content."""
+    # Create a multimodal message structure
+    multimodal_message = {
+        'role': 'user',
+        'content': [
+            {'type': 'text', 'text': 'Please analyze this image'},
+            {
+                'type': 'image_url',
+                'image_url': {
+                    'url': 'https://example.com/test-image.jpg',
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+    
+    # This should not raise a ValidationError
+    event = LLMCallStartedEvent(messages=[multimodal_message])
+    
+    # Verify the event was created correctly
+    assert event.messages[0]['role'] == 'user'
+    assert isinstance(event.messages[0]['content'], list)
+    assert len(event.messages[0]['content']) == 2
+    assert event.messages[0]['content'][0]['type'] == 'text'
+    assert event.messages[0]['content'][1]['type'] == 'image_url'
+
+
+def test_llm_call_started_event_with_string_message():
+    """Test that LLMCallStartedEvent still works with string messages."""
+    # Create a simple string message
+    message = "This is a test message"
+    
+    # This should not raise a ValidationError
+    event = LLMCallStartedEvent(messages=message)
+    
+    # Verify the event was created correctly
+    assert event.messages == message
+
+
+def test_llm_call_started_event_with_standard_messages():
+    """Test that LLMCallStartedEvent still works with standard message format."""
+    # Create standard messages
+    messages = [
+        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant"},
+        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, how are you?"}
+    ]
+    
+    # This should not raise a ValidationError
+    event = LLMCallStartedEvent(messages=messages)
+    
+    # Verify the event was created correctly
+    assert len(event.messages) == 2
+    assert event.messages[0]['role'] == 'system'
+    assert event.messages[0]['content'] == 'You are a helpful assistant'
+    assert event.messages[1]['role'] == 'user'
+    assert event.messages[1]['content'] == 'Hello, how are you?'