Angelina Jolie accused Brad Pitt of physical violence that occurred even before the quarrel on the plane
Angelina Jolie's lawyers claim that her ex-husband Brad Pitt was violent towards her even before the infamous fight on the plane that led to their divorce. However, this incident was the first time he used violence against their children. Before the divorce, Pitt also allegedly insisted that Angelina sign non-disclosure documents to prevent it from becoming public knowledge. This was reported by DailyMail with reference to court documents.
“Although Pitt’s history of physical violence against Jolie began long before the family’s September 2016 flight from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the first time he also used physical violence against children. Jolie immediately left him,” it says in the documents.
"Pitt wanted her to sign a non-disclosure agreement that would prevent the sealed documents from being made public and would contractually keep Jolie silent about his alleged personal conduct, whether related to the Chateau Miraval winery case or not."
"Jolie's sealed documents, which included emails, family summaries and other evidence, left Pitt concerned that the information could eventually become public."
“Mr. Pitt refused to buy out Jolie’s stake in the winery unless his non-disclosure agreement, which would have forced her to remain silent, was not signed,” Jolie’s lawyers argue. “By refusing to buy her share and then suing her, Mr. Pitt directly jeopardized "The question is why this non-disclosure agreement was so important to him. He hoped it would bury information about his abuse of Ms Jolie and their family."
It is also clarified that Pitt refused to seek advice on issues of domestic violence and ignored serious family problems, seeking partial custody of their six children, three of whom are adopted. "Pitt never came to understand this, and not only sought joint custody, including those children with whom he had not had a stable relationship for many years, but also sought sole custody if the children were not sufficiently attached to him." . Despite these troubling intentions, Jolie still did not seek sole custody of the children, lawyers said: "Instead, she advocated for the children's wants and needs to be a priority, and a decision based on how the children felt."
According to Jolie's lawyers, the children were not allowed to testify. "Some of their children over the age of 14 attempted to testify about their custody preferences, which they are entitled to under the Family Code, but Pitt objected to their participation."
Representatives of the actress also claim that Jolie wants to end the legal proceedings, but Pitt is forcing her to defend herself. "Pitt is pulling all of this out of Angelina. She doesn't want to deal with all of this, she doesn't want to bring any of these facts into the public eye, and she's only doing it because Pitt's lawsuit against her forces her to defend herself." The insider claims it's an "incredibly sad situation" and adds that Jolie "just wishes Pitt could move on and leave her alone."
Pitt's representatives say that every time the actor gets close to any success in the legal proceedings, Jolie's team provides new "inaccurate and misleading information" to distract attention. “There was a lengthy custody trial that went into the entire history of their relationship, and the judge, after hearing all the evidence, still granted him joint custody,” recalls the actor’s rep.
Earlier it became known that Pitt stopped insisting on joint custody of the children. Although Pitt initially insisted on joint custody of the six children, his representative has now stopped disputing Jolie's claims. This means that Jolie will retain full custody of the children, while Pitt will still have visitation rights. This may be due to the fact that three of the children are already over 18 years old: we are talking about 22-year-old Maddox, 20-year-old Pax and 19-year-old Zahara. Pitt has a strained relationship with them - a quarrel broke out on the plane over Maddox, after which Jolie filed for divorce, Pax published a post in which he called his father a “world-class asshole,” and Zahara refused his last name.
It also became known that their eldest biological daughter Shiloh decided to move to live with her father after she comes of age: she will turn 18 in May of this year.
Pitt and Jolie married in 2014, but the actress filed for divorce in 2016 after a serious argument on board a private jet. After this, Jolie accused Pitt of violence against her and the children. Brad himself denies everything. After the breakup, they spent many years in court sorting out issues related to custody of six children and the Chateau Miraval winery.
