Angelina Jolie filed a new lawsuit in which she accuses Brad Pitt of child abuse and details a series of incidents that occurred in 2016.
It's been six years since Angelina Jolie divorced Brad Pitt, but the legal problems between the two are far from over. After three years of negotiations, the divorce was formally finalized in 2019. Despite this, the legal battle for custody of her minor children continues to develop.
Details of the incident that occurred aboard the plane in 2016 that precipitated Jolie's divorce request recently emerged. Now, while the legal dispute continues over the warehouse they shared in France, the actress filed a new lawsuit in which new details of the incident on board the plane were revealed.
Earlier this year, Brad Pitt filed a lawsuit against Jolie accusing her of violating "contractual rights" after the actress sold her share of her Château Miraval without notifying her ex-husband. Meanwhile, Jolie's legal team assures that conversations about the company were truncated after Pitt demanded that she sign a "confidentiality agreement" that prohibited her from talking about Pitt's physical and mental abuse of her and her children. Jolie.
According to the countersuit filed by the interpreter's team, "Pitt strangled one of the children and punched another in the face" and "grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her" during the altercation that occurred aboard the aircraft in 2016. According to Jolie's lawyer, the couple began an argument in the airplane bathroom when the actor accused her of having "differential treatment" toward their children.
“Pitt grabbed Jolie by her head and shook her off of her, and then grabbed her by her shoulders and shook her again before pushing her against the bathroom wall,” the countersuit says. “Pitt then hit the roof of the plane several times, causing Jolie to leave the bathroom.”
The lawsuit also mentions that Pitt tried to attack one of his children after he came to Jolie's defense.
"In an incident where one of the children came to Jolie's defense, Pitt aggressively moved towards his own son. Jolie swiftly intervened, restraining him from behind. In his attempt to free himself from Jolie's grasp, Pitt thrust himself backward into the plane seats, causing injuries to Jolie's back and elbow. The children rushed in, demonstrating remarkable bravery as they attempted to shield one another from harm. Regrettably, Pitt went on to physically assault one child by strangling them and another by delivering a punch to the face. Several children pleaded with Pitt to cease his actions, instilling fear in everyone present, with many shedding tears," the account detailed.
As she had previously revealed, once the plane landed, Jolie organized separate transportation to take her children to a hotel. She “Then she went to wake up Pitt and told him that she and the children were going to a hotel. Pitt once again yelled at her and pushed her down once again," she describes.
During the month of August, Ted that Jolie was behind an anonymous lawsuit made in 2016 in which the plaintiff alleged that she had been assaulted by her "then-husband" on a private plane. The actress had told the FBI that Pitt "physically and verbally attacked" her and her children. The agent concluded that they would not pursue criminal charges, prompting Jolie to anonymously file a Freedom of Information Act complaint against the FBI to obtain documents related to the federal investigation against Pitt.
In the new countersuit filed Tuesday, Jolie's lawyer claims that the FBI agent who investigated the allegations had "concluded that the government had probable cause to charge Pitt with a federal crime for her conduct that day."
