The last words of their marriage, begun just 25 months earlier, were allegedly spoken by Brad Pitt on the stairs of the private jet that took him, Angelina Jolie and their six children from their home in France to Los Angeles in September 2016. .
“Fuck you,” he said, apparently. ‘Fuck everyone.’ For good measure, according to Jolie, he called her a “bitch” and “shook” her by her head and shoulders.
The alleged argument on the plane, which ended their marriage, was rehearsed by Jolie in a court file.
What apparently began as an altercation between him and one of the children turned, he says, into a physical fight during which he spilled beer and wine on his family and injured his wife by throwing himself backwards across a row of seats while she he clung. behind her back.
However, in a new legal move, the actress claimed that Pitt, twice named People magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’, physically and emotionally abused her before that time.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie met on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith (pictured) in 2004, but an alleged argument on a plane in 2016 ended their marriage, court documents reveal.
“Pitt’s history of physical abuse toward Jolie began long before the family’s plane trip from France to Los Angeles… this flight marked the first time he also physically abused the children,” his lawyers claim in recent court papers. published.
Court documents state that Ms. Jolie has evidence of “Pitt’s history of physical abuse of the family and control of Jolie’s abuse” and claims that the children continue to experience “significant and ongoing post-traumatic stress.”
Jolie’s lawyers refer to a “history of abuse, control and cover-ups” and claim that Jolie has “testimonies, emails, photographs and other evidence” that they say will show how Pitt attempted to hide his behavior without coming to trial.
The actor’s denials of physical abuse are described in court documents as “gaslighting.”
Additionally, she claims he exerted “coercive” financial control over her through their dispute over the Miraval wine business, as their divorce has dragged on for the past seven years.
Pitt has denied all allegations of physical abuse and was not charged following an FBI investigation into the incident on the flight.
A source close to the actor described this week’s performance as “pretty much more of the same” from Jolie, adding that it fit a “pattern.”
Jolie. In the photo of her with Pitt and her six children, she claims that her husband physically and emotionally abused her before the alleged argument broke out on the plane.
“Whenever there is a decision that goes against the other side, they systematically choose to introduce misleading, inaccurate and/or irrelevant information as a distraction,” the source said.
The couple met on the set of Mr And Mrs Smith in 2004 and the following year Pitt and his then-wife Jennifer Aniston announced their divorce.
In 2008, Pitt and Jolie purchased Chateau Miraval, a 35-room home in Provence with 926 acres and a vineyard.
He and Jolie have six children, Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 17, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 15, and they married at Chateau Miraval in 2014.
Pitt has denied all allegations of physical abuse and was not charged following an FBI investigation into the incident on the flight.
Jolie filed for divorce five days after the incident in 2016 and a legal battle has raged ever since.
Their latest filings maintain that they had practically reached an agreement for her to sell her share of the Chateau and her wine business to him in February 2021.
But they claim the deal fell apart because of a filing filed as part of their concurrent custody dispute.
Lawyers say that on March 12, Jolie presented two “offers of evidence” to the custody judge detailing “evidence of Pitt’s domestic violence against Jolie and her children.”
Jolie’s latest court findings also hold that the couple had virtually reached an agreement for her to sell part of the Chateau they owned and her wine business to him in February 2021, but that it collapsed due to a filing filed as part of their dispute. ongoing custody
They say its sealed filing “made Pitt fear that the information could eventually become public.”
The documents state: “Pitt changed course and suddenly conditioned his purchase of Jolie’s stake in Miraval on her agreeing to a greatly expanded confidentiality agreement that now covers Pitt’s personal misconduct, whether related to Miraval or not.” .
Pitt is accused in the documents of taking advantage of her absence from Miraval to gain control of the winery and refusing to distribute profits to it.
Jolie rejected the NDA and told Pitt that she intended to sell her share.
Pitt’s version of events suggests that her sale was an act “vindictive” and fueled by anger over a 50-50 custody decision.
This was later overturned after it was discovered that the judge had failed to declare a business relationship with a lawyer on Pitt’s team.
Jolie’s lawyer, Paul Murphy, said: “By refusing to buy out her interest but then suing her, Pitt directly called into question why that NDA was so important to him and what he hoped it would bury: his abuse of Jolie and her family.” .
A source described the situation as “incredibly sad” and added that Jolie “just wishes” Pitt “could move on and leave her alone.”