- The former couple in a protracted legal battle over a property they bought in 2008 for $28.4 million.
- Pitt has denied all allegations of physical abuse and was not charged amid an FBI investigation into the flight.
- The former Hollywood power couple, who married in 2014 and separated in 2016, have become entangled in the legal system amid battles over their fortune and custody of their children.
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Angelina Jolie’s legal team says Brad Pitt physically abused her before their 2016 plane fight, in newly filed legal papers related to the former couple’s battle over their French winery.
Lawyers for Jolie, 48, filed documents in a motion in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday, saying Pitt, 60, had a history of physical assault with Jolie before the well-documented fight on the 14th. September 2016 during a flight from Nice. , France, to Los Angeles.
Pitt has denied all allegations of physical abuse and was not charged amid an FBI investigation into the incident.
“While Pitt’s history of physical abuse toward Jolie began long before the family’s plane trip from France to Los Angeles in September 2016, this flight marked the first time he also physically abused the children,” the lawyers said. by Jolie.
Lawyers for the Maleficent actress said Pitt refused domestic violence counseling and ignored serious family problems by seeking partial custody of their six children: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 17, and the twins Vivienne. and Knox, 15.
Angelina Jolie’s legal team says Brad Pitt physically abused her before their 2016 plane fight, in newly filed legal papers related to the former couple’s battle over their French winery. Jolie, 60, photographed in London in 2021
The former couple was photographed in 2015 in Los Angeles, a year before the infamous plane incident that caused their separation.
“Pitt never reached this agreement and not only asked for 50-50 custody time – even with children with whom he had not had a stable relationship in years – but also asked for sole custody if the children did not bond sufficiently. with him,” his lawyer said. the team said in documents filed Thursday.
Jolie’s legal team said that “despite this distressing request, Jolie still did not seek sole custody” of the children, as she “instead advocated for the children’s wishes and needs to be prioritized, based on part in what the children felt they could do, and to restore a custody plan formulated in the best interests of the children.’
Jolie’s lawyers said the Academy Award-winning actor was asked to address his abusive behavior amid his efforts to obtain more information from the Department of Children and Family Services regarding a safety plan and drug testing and alcohol after the flight; as well as the actor’s communications with the FBI, the US Attorney’s Office, DCFS and the Los Angeles Police Department regarding the flight.