Back in their heyday, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were the "it" couple. They met on the set of their 2005 film, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and started dating that year. Although they built a life together, including six children, Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 17, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 15, Brangelina didn't officially marry until 2014. They split just two years later, following the infamous plane incident.
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In September 2016, Angelina and Brad were allegedly involved in an intense altercation on a private jet following a two-week vacation in France. Angelina accused her husband of physically injuring her and verbally abusing their children, an FBI report revealed, reported CNN. No charges were filed as a result of the incident—but according to a new court filing, this allegedly wasn't Brad's first instance of abuse.
Brad and Angelina are in a legal battle over their French winery, Château Miraval.
On April 4, Angelina's legal team filed a motion to release communications amid the couple's legal battle involving their French winery, Château Miraval, People magazine reported. These communications, according to her team, would prove that Brad wouldn't allow Jolie to sell her half of the winery to him unless she signed a "more onerous" and "expansive" nondisclosure agreement.
In October 2021, Angelina sold her 50% stake in Miraval to Tenute del Mondo, a move Brad claimed "blindsided" him, because he wanted to buy the shares, according to Us Weekly.
In a new court filing, Angelina's lawyers wrote that Brad's abuse extended beyond the 2016 plane incident.
In the new April 2024 filing, Angelina's lawyers brought Brad's alleged abusive behaviors back into the spotlight. "While Pitt's history of physical abuse of Jolie started well before the family’s September 2016 plane trip from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the first time he turned his physical abuse on the children as well," they wrote, per People. "Jolie then immediately left him."
The filing also explained why Angelina did not press charges in relation to the 2016 plane incident.
Another tidbit of information related to the private jet altercation was revealed in the court filing. Evidently, Angelina "never pressed charges as she believed the best course was for Pitt to accept responsibility and help the family recover from the post-traumatic stress he caused." A rep for Brad declined to comment.
However, a friend of Brad's reacted to the filing.
An unnamed friend of Brad's reacted to the new filing. "This is a pattern of behavior — whenever there is a decision that goes against the other side they consistently choose to introduce misleading, inaccurate and/or irrelevant information as a distraction," the friend told People. "There was a lengthy custody trial that involved the entire history of their relationship and a judge who heard all the evidence still granted him 50/50 custody."
Angelina alleges that Brad refused to let her sell her half of the winery unless she signed an NDA.
If the paperwork Angelina's team recently filed is granted, Brad would be forced to submit communications proving Angelina's allegations: that Brad refused to allow her to sell her winery shares before signing a more strict NDA, TMZ reported. Angelina's lawyers said Brad allegedly wants to stop her from leaking information that could be damaging to him. Although she was allegedly OK with signing a standard NDA, Brad allegedly wanted to tighten it more.
Their son, Pax, previously spoke out about Brad on social media.
On Father's Day in 2020, Pax took to his private Instagram account with a scathing message for Brad. "Happy Father's Day to this world-class a–hole!," he wrote, per The Sun. "You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person."
Pax's since-deleted post reportedly continued: "You have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence. You will never understand the damage you have done to my family because you are incapable of doing so.
"You have made the lives of those closest to me a constant hell. You may tell yourself and the world whatever you want, but the truth will come to light someday."
He concluded: "So, Happy Father's Day, you f—-ing awful human being!"
If you or someone you know has been the victim of domestic abuse, you can find help and support at DVIS.org, the National Domestic Abuse Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or by contacting your local women's shelter (domesticshelters.org).
