Angelina Jolie filed a cross-claim against ex-husband Brad Pitt on Tuesday after she explained in court documents that his abusive behavior on a private plane led to the dissolution of their marriage in 2016. revealed new details of
In a Los Angeles court filing filed as part of a legal battle over a winery once owned together by a prominent Hollywood actor, Jolie’s attorneys sell her stake in the business to Pitt. He said the negotiations had broken down. She demands that she sign a “non-disclosure agreement contractually barring Pitt from speaking out of court about her physical and emotional abuse of her and her children.”
Her filing lists physical and verbal outbursts that escalated when Pitt, Jolie, and their six children flew from France to California in September 2016. . “Pitt choked one of the children and punched another in the face,” said the filing, “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her,” and at one point “he poured Jolie a beer.” It is,” he added. Another time he poured the children beer and red wine. Federal authorities with jurisdiction over the flight investigated the incident but declined to file criminal charges. A few days after her flight trip, Ms. Jolie filed for her divorce.
Pitt’s attorneys did not immediately return calls or emails seeking a response on Tuesday. In 2016, unnamed people close to Mr. Pitt were cited various Publication He says he didn’t abuse his children.
Jolie and Pitt’s separation has lasted for years, sparked by a legal battle over custody of their children and most recently by Pitt’s lawsuit over French winery Chateau Miraval. Purchased over ten years ago. Pitt’s lawsuit, filed earlier this year, accused his ex-wife of violating “contractual rights.” sold half of her company to a subsidiary of the Stoli Group without his approval.
Jolie’s counterclaim said she only sold her stake elsewhere after negotiations broke down over a non-disclosure agreement request. In her filing, an FBI agent who investigated allegations that Pitt physically assaulted Jolie and her children on a plane in 2016 said, “The government has issued a federal complaint against Mr. Pitt’s conduct that day. We have concluded that there are sufficient grounds for prosecution of the crimes.”
A redacted FBI report on the incident reported by Several news outlet In August, later obtained by The New York Times, the agent provided the U.S. Department of Justice with “a copy of the probable cause statement relating to this case.”
“After reviewing the documents, representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice discussed the merits of this investigation with the case attorney,” the report states. “All parties agreed that criminal charges would not be pursued in this case due to several factors.”
The FBI report said Ms. Jolie was “conflicted over whether to support prosecution” in connection with the case.
Representatives for the FBI and the US Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles declined to comment.
Jolie’s attorney said in her counterclaim, “She has gone to great lengths to prevent her children from reliving the pain Pitt inflicted on her family that day.” When he filed the lawsuit to force her to rejoin her ex-husband as a frozen business partner, claiming to regain control, Pitt forced Jolie to publicly defend these matters for the first time.
According to Jolie’s court documents regarding her 2016 escape, the fray began when Pitt accused Jolie of being “too respectful” to her children and began yelling at her in the bathroom. “Pitt grabbed Jolie’s head and shook her, then grabbed her shoulders and shook her again before pushing her against the bathroom wall,” the filing said. “Pitt then punched the ceiling of the plane multiple times, prompting Jolie to leave the bathroom.”
When one of the children came to Ms. Jolie’s defense, Mr. Pitt lunged at the child and urged him to grab him from behind, according to court documents. and punched another in the face,” the lawsuit said.
The 2016 flight has been the subject of news media coverage since shortly after it occurred. FBI issued a statement It said it had closed an investigation into the flight and no charges had been filed.
pack news reported in August of this year As an anonymous plaintiff in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, Ms. Jolly sought information about the FBI’s case, and a publication containing details of the report was posted.
It’s unclear whether the heavily redacted FBI report included allegations that Pitt choked or beat any of the children.
Jolie and Pitt, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” played a couple assassins in the 2005 action film. In 2008, they purchased a controlling interest in Chateau Miraval, viewing it as both a family home and business. A few years later, the couple got married on the property.
Jolie and Pitt now have six children aged between 14 and 21.
A French winery known for its rosé is at the center of a legal battle between a divorced couple.
In February, Pitt sued Jolie and her former company, refusing to meet Jolie’s “contractual expectations” when she sold her ownership of the wine company to Tenuto del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Sutori Group. claimed to have violated According to his lawsuit, the former couple understood that neither party would sell its share of the winery without the consent of the other.
“Jolie knowingly kept Pitt secret and knowingly violated Pitt’s contractual rights to covertly pursue and complete the purported sale,” his lawsuit alleges.
Last month, Jolie’s former company, now owned by Story Group, challenged Pitt, refuting his views and his claims that the sale constitutes a “hostile takeover.”
In Jolie’s own counterclaim filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, she said she chose to sell her stake in the wine business. Pitt’s “Approved Problems of Alcohol Abuse”. Pitt told The Times in 2019 that after Jolie filed for divorce from her, she spent time with Alcoholics Her Anonymous and devoted herself to sobriety.
Her filing said there was no written or verbal agreement as described by Pitt, and in fact Pitt alleges she rejected the notion that a plan was needed in case the relationship ended. did.
In the lawsuit, Pitt and Jolie shared different accounts of how negotiations fell apart around him to buy her part of the wine company.
Pitt’s lawsuit alleges that Jolie backed out of the preliminary agreement last year after the judge overseeing the custody battle ruled against her, prompting her to turn to Sutori Group.
But Jolie’s counterclaim alleges that it was Pitt who withdrew the deal because he refused to agree to the no-blame clause, leaving her to look to another buyer.