Angelina Jolie accuses ex-husband Brad Pitt of abuse in court docket submitting By Reuters

By Jack Queen

(Reuters) – Angelina Jolie detailed what she described as abusive conduct by ex-husband Brad Pitt in a court docket submitting on Tuesday, escalating a authorized battle over a French vineyard the previous couple as soon as shared and revealing new particulars in regards to the dissolution of their marriage.

The submitting in a Los Angeles court docket alleges that Pitt sought to situation Jolie’s sale of her stake within the vineyard on a nondisclosure settlement that will have barred her from publicly discussing “Pitt’s bodily and emotional abuse of her and their youngsters.”

Jolie’s submitting describes an episode throughout a September 2016 personal aircraft flight the place Pitt allegedly “grabbed Jolie by the pinnacle and shook her” earlier than “pushing her into the lavatory wall.” Pitt additionally “choked one of many youngsters and struck one other within the face,” the submitting alleges.

Pitt’s legal professionals didn’t instantly reply to inquiries Tuesday.

The submitting advances counterclaims towards Pitt in a lawsuit he filed towards Jolie and her former firm in February. Pitt alleges that Jolie’s September 2021 sale of her stake within the Chateau Miraval vineyard to a global beverage firm was illegal as a result of the pair had agreed they’d by no means promote their pursuits with out the opposite’s consent.

Jolie stated in her Tuesday submitting that no such settlement existed and that Pitt had refused to purchase her out except she consented to “an unconscionable gag order” relating to his conduct.

In her submitting, Jolie additionally stated the FBI probed the incident on the aircraft and “concluded that the federal government had possible trigger to cost Pitt with a federal crime.” Pitt has not been charged with against the law, and an FBI spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.