He allegedly "strangled" and "hit" his children, Angelina Jolie has claimed in a new complaint.
The actress has indeed mentioned in this document, the content of which was revealed by the
New York Times
on Tuesday, October 4, the details of an altercation with Brad Pitt, which would have occurred on board their private jet, in 2016. Her ex-husband allegedly physically assaulted two of their children.
“The children intervened”
On September 14, 2016, the entire Jolie-Pitt family – Brad, Angelina and their six children – left Nice for Los Angeles aboard their plane.
According to an informant from the American weekly
Us Weekly
, the actor of
World War Z
is severely drunk after a fifteen-hour flight where he "did not only swallow
Diet Coke
", and would have lost his temper with his wife and his friends. children.
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The subject of the dispute?
According to the text, the actor would have criticized his wife for being “too obsequious” with their offspring.
During this altercation, he would have "poured beer" on his ex-wife, and "beer and red wine on the children."
But the facts related do not stop there.
According to Angelina Jolie, the actor would have come to blows.
He would have “grabbed her by the head and shook her” before “pushing her against the wall of the toilets (of the plane)”.
At that point, “the children intervened,” the court document states.
In a rage, Brad Pitt would have “choked one of them and punched another in the face”.
Some “asked him to stop”, others “cried”, we learn.
In August,
Page Six
had also unveiled the pictures of the injuries that the actor would have inflicted on Angelina Jolie.
In video, Angelina Jolie is moved to drop off her daughter Zahara at Spelman University
The domain of Miraval
Charges that the actress would have long hesitated to formulate, in order to spare “their children from reliving the pain that Brad Pitt inflicted on the family that day”.
Angelina Jolie, however, would have decided to reveal these details after the latest legal action brought by the actor, which aimed "to regain control of the financial life of Angelina Jolie and to force her to become the business partner of her ex- husband”, according to the lawyers of the forties.
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According to this testimony given to justice, this violent argument would have indeed influenced the sale of the wine estate of Château Miraval, in the Var, where the couple got married and for which he is now torn apart.
In her counter-complaint of October 4, Angelina Jolie claimed that the sale of her shares was motivated by her embarrassment at taking part in a liquor business with Brad Pitt, “known for his addiction problems” to the drink. .
Brad Pitt's Complaint
In February, Brad Pitt had filed a complaint against the actress for having sold her shares of the estate four months earlier.
And this, without asking his consent.
However, the star of
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
(2019) had assured that the couple had promised that neither of them would sell their share without the permission of the other.
Brad Pitt had demanded the cancellation of this sale, as well as damages.
“After the events that led to Mrs. Jolie filing for divorce and the years she spent caring for their children, Mrs. Jolie and the children were unable to return to the property, and she took the difficult decision to sell its shares in the company”, had replied the lawyers of the actress.
Before adding: “After making multiple offers to her ex-husband, and knowing that the company will be inherited by their children, she found a business partner with experience in the alcohol industry (
Stoli Tenute del Mondo, world leader in premium wines, run by a Russian oligarch, editor’s note
)”.
A new event that adds to the war that the two parents are waging around their children.
Brad Pitt's response
At the center of a new accusation, the headliner of
Fight Club
(1999) meanwhile assured, this Wednesday, October 5, in a press release sent to CNN, that the allegations of violence made against him were “totally false ".
If Brad Pitt had been cleared two months after the altercation with his children and his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie had launched divorce proceedings six days after the incident.
Not yet officially separated, the couple now continues to fight in court, in particular to determine the terms of custody of their five minor children: the twins Knox and Vivienne, 12, Shilo, 14, Zahara, 16, and Pax, 17 year.
“They need his love”
In October 2020, the actor had decided to request a fairer judgment regarding the custody of the latter.
"Brad knows his kids need his love and presence," an anonymous source told
Entertainment Tonight (ET)
magazine .
He calls for the establishment of a sustainable joint custody, on the 50/50 model.
Angelina wants to be fair when it comes to this issue.
It is really structured.
Brad hopes it can work out because he believes in the importance of co-parenting."
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Shared custody of the children was granted by a judge to the hero of
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
(2019), in May 2021. But this decision was later revoked.
The origin of this reversal?
The disqualification of Judge John W. Oudekirk, recused two months later due to a conflict of interest (he had professional ties with one of Brad Pitt's lawyers, Anne C. Kiley, in another case) .
All at the request... of Angelina Jolie.
The announcement of the separation
It all started (or ended) on September 15, 2016. After two years of marriage and twelve years of romance, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie decide to separate after the incident aboard their private jet.
The FBI then opened an investigation.
Meanwhile, Angelina Jolie obtains temporary custody of their six children.
On November 8, 2016, the couple signed an amicable agreement: they would stay with Angelina Jolie, but Brad Pitt would be allowed to visit them during family therapy sessions.
Before these interviews, the actor will have to undergo drug screening.
On November 9, the FBI therefore put an end to the investigation aimed at Brad Pitt.
But a month later, the first conflicts arise.
Brad Pitt requires that the documents relating to the custody of their children remain under seal.
The pension of discord
The object of his anger?
The name of the family therapist leaked to the press.
The actor's legal team then accuses Angelina Jolie of not properly protecting the privacy of their clan.
In January 2017, the ex-Brangelina therefore sign a new agreement to guarantee the privacy of their six children, and undertake to “stand together” to promote “appeasement” of their family.
This appeasement will be short-lived.
A month later, again, Angelina Jolie asks her former husband to pay her 100,000 dollars (84,800 euros) in monthly alimony in order to pay the expenses related to their children and to open an investment fund for them.
A sum that the 47-year-old actress would never have received.
According to a court document written by Angelina Jolie's team and picked up by
NBC News
in August 2018, Brad Pitt would not have paid "any significant child support since their separation".
What Lance Spiegel, the lawyer for the hero of
Seven
(1995), replies in court that it is a “thinly veiled attempt to manipulate the media”.
The court document states that Brad Pitt loaned Angelina Jolie $8 million (6.7 million euros) to help pay for her new home in Los Angeles and paid $1.3 million (1.1 million euros) of bills related to expenses for their children.
Angelina Jolie's lawyers do not budge: these sums do not fall within the framework of the required alimony.
"The paperwork Brad's team is filing today is a clear attempt to obscure the truth and distract people from the fact that he hasn't completely fulfilled his legal obligations to support his children financially," Samantha explained. Bley DeJean, the actress' lawyer.
Officially single
In June 2018, the judge in charge of the divorce warns Angelina Jolie that her children must maintain “a healthy relationship” with their father.
In documents obtained by
People
magazine , he says if the kids aren't spending more time with their dad, it "could mean a reduction in the time they spend" with their mom.
In November 2018, the two actors (finally) reach a new amicable agreement on the custody of their children.
The terms of the agreement will remain confidential “to protect the best interests of the children”.
But, according to
Hollywood Life
, Angelina Jolie would have obtained more than 50% of their custody.
In April 2019, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, relieved, obtain the modification of their civil status: they are officially single, according to a judge's decision.
It remains to decide on a financial agreement.
A peaceful climate?
The climate finally seems to have calmed down.
In June 2020, Brad Pitt is seen on a motorcycle leaving Angelina Jolie's mansion.
He has just visited his children.
A month later, an anonymous source told
People
that the clan had family therapy.
"They really needed help with all the child care issues," the witness said.
It took them a long time, and a lot of therapy sessions to get there.”
However, in August, the cloth burns even more.
Angelina Jolie not only threatens to move to London, but requests the recusal of the judge in charge of their divorce, John W. Ouderkirk, because of her professional ties with a lawyer for Brad Pitt.
The actor's defense team calls the motion a "thinly veiled attempt" to delay custody proceedings.
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an endless day
In September, an unnamed source revealed to
People
that the late Brangelinas had “terminated their family therapy”.
“Brad wants equitable shared custody of the children,” continues the witness.
Angelina refuses to comply with his terms.
She will only accept if the children's home base is not Los Angeles."
A month later, another anonymous source confirms the information: "Brad is asking for the establishment of sustainable joint custody, on the 50/50 model."
In June, Angelina Jolie explained that she had separated from her husband “for the well-being of her family.
“I was a little lost… she had specified to
Madame Figaro
.
I think it happened when my relationship with Brad ended, then when our separation began.
It was a complicated moment, when I no longer recognized myself, I had become smaller.
I felt a deep and genuine sadness, I was hurt.”
No one knows, for the moment, when this eternal - and invariable - legal struggle will end.
