A divorce that continues to make ink run. According to court documents filed Tuesday in a legal battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the American actress accuses her ex-husband Brad Pitt of being violent with her and her children during a private flight connecting France with California in 2016.
The former spouses, who separated the same year, are currently separated by the Château de Miraval wine estate. Last February, Brad Pitt had opened a legal process against her ex-girlfriend alleging that she had not respected an agreement they had entered into, stipulating that neither spouse could sell their shares in the vineyard without informing the other party.
‘Too respectful’ of children
In his counterclaim on Tuesday, revealed by the New York Times, Angelina Jolie claimed that the sale of her shares was motivated by her embarrassment for participating in an alcoholic beverage business with Brad Pitt, “known for his problems with alcohol addiction”. In the same document, she gave new details about the incident that allegedly occurred during a private jet flight in September 2016.
The discussion would have started on the plane, when Brad Pitt would have accused Angelina Jolie of being “too respectful” with her children.
“Brad Pitt grabbed Angelina Jolie by the head and shook her, then grabbed her shoulders and shook her again before pushing her against the bathroom wall. (…) Brad Pitt then repeatedly slammed the ceiling of the plane, ordering Angelina Jolie out of the bathroom,” says the lawsuit filed Tuesday.
These facts had already been mentioned in the American press as early as 2016, then again last August when many American media published documents related to the investigation carried out by the FBI at the time. But the complaint filed Tuesday by Angelina Jolie reveals that Brad Pitt was also violent with the couple’s children.
When one of them tried to intervene during the argument on the plane, Brad Pitt allegedly strangled him and punched another in the face. The actor eventually spilled beer on Angelina Jolie, as well as wine and beer on the children.
No complaints were filed at the time despite an FBI investigation.
A few weeks after the incident, Angelina Jolie officially filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. Having occurred the incident in the air, it is the US federal justice that had been in charge of the investigation. The documents provided by Angelina Jolie affirm that the investigator in charge of the case had concluded that the federal state had the possibility of indicting Brad Pitt for these facts. However, the actor has not been charged.
In 2016, Angelina Jolie was reportedly hesitant to pursue lawsuits against her ex-husband for fear of exposing their children. But, according to the actress’s lawyers, Brad Pitt’s recent desire to prevent her ex-wife from disposing of her shares in the vineyard according to her will would have forced him to speak about the violence she says she has suffered. .
Angelina Jolie’s lawyers have revealed that efforts between the two actors to come to terms over the French vineyard also failed after Brad Pitt asked Angelina Jolie to sign a “non-disclosure agreement”, which would have been contractually barred from speaking. out of court over Pitt’s physical and emotional abuse of her and her children.”
Source: BFM TV
