Angelina Jolie’s Lawyer Alleges Brad Pitt Was Abusive Before Plane Incident

Angelina Jolie‘s authorized crew alleges in a brand new court docket submitting that Brad Pitt‘s alleged bodily abuse began earlier than an alleged altercation befell between Pitt, Jolie and their kids on a airplane in September 2016. The previous couple is in an ongoing authorized battle over their French vineyard Château Miraval.

Pitt filed a lawsuit in opposition to Jolie in 2022 accusing her of violating “contractural rights” after she offered her half of Château Miraval with out his information. Jolie’s attorneys claimed within the countersuit that discussions with Pitt’s crew about promoting her facet of the corporate broke down after he allegedly demanded she signal “a nondisclosure settlement that will have contractually prohibited her from talking outdoors of court docket about Pitt’s bodily and emotional abuse of her and their kids.”

A brand new movement filed by Jolie’s attorneys seeks to launch communications the authorized crew declare show that Pitt wouldn’t permit Jolie to promote her share of the vineyard to him except she agreed to signal a nondisclosure settlement that was “extra onerous” and “expansive.”

The submitting consists of the declare: “Whereas Pitt’s historical past of bodily abuse of Jolie began nicely earlier than the household’s September 2016 airplane journey from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the primary time he turned his bodily abuse on the kids as nicely. Jolie then instantly left him.”

Pitt’s representatives didn’t reply to Selection’s request for remark.

Within the countersuit Angelina Jolie’s authorized crew filed final yr, new particulars in regards to the alleged September 2016 altercation emerged. The go well with claimed that “Pitt choked one of many kids and struck one other within the face” and “grabbed Jolie by the top and shook her” throughout the altercation. Jolie’s lawyer acknowledged the dispute began when Pitt accused her of being “too deferential” to their children. The 2 allegedly began combating within the airplane’s toilet.

“Pitt grabbed Jolie by the top and shook her, after which grabbed her shoulders and shook her once more earlier than pushing her into the toilet wall,” the countersuit learn. “Pitt then punched the ceiling of the airplane quite a few occasions, prompting Jolie to go away the toilet.”

The countersuit alleged that Pitt tried to get bodily with certainly one of their children after the kid got here to Jolie’s protection.

“When one of many kids verbally defended Jolie, Pitt lunged at his personal youngster and Jolie grabbed him from behind to cease him,” the countersuit learn. “To get Jolie off his again, Pitt threw himself backwards into the airplane’s seats injuring Jolie’s again and elbow. The youngsters rushed in and all bravely tried to guard one another. Earlier than it was over, Pitt choked one of many kids and struck one other within the face. A number of the kids pleaded with Pitt to cease. They have been all frightened. Many have been crying.”

Jolie “organized for separate transportation on the airport” to deliver her and the kids to a lodge with out Pitt, the go well with continued. “She then went to wake Pitt up and informed him that she and the kids have been going to a lodge. Pitt as soon as once more screamed at her, and pushed her down but once more.”

As reported in August 2022, Jolie was behind an nameless 2016 lawsuit by which the plaintiff alleged being assaulted by her “then-husband” on a personal airplane. The actor informed an FBI agent that Pitt “bodily and verbally assaulted” her and their kids.