Angelina Jolie alleges physical abuse by Brad Pitt in new lawsuit
nme.comJolie was the plaintiff in an anonymous complaint filed against the FBI in 2016 after the organisation closed an investigation into alleged domestic assault by Pitt.
Pitt’s team has denied all allegations of wrongdoing related to the alleged incident.The alleged incident onboard an aeroplane travelling from Europe to the US on September 14, 2016, reportedly also involved one of the pair’s children.
The couple’s then-15-year-old son, Maddix, allegedly became involved in the altercation. Pitt was alleged to have become physical with Maddix, as the latter attempted to diffuse the situation between his parents.Now, Jolie has shared a new cross-complaint as part of an ongoing legal battle over the pair’s co-owned French winery following their divorce.
In the complaint, reported first by The New York Times, Jolie’s lawyers allege that an agreement for Jolie to sell her share of the property to Pitt hinged on Pitt’s demand that Jolie sign “a nondisclosure agreement that would have contractually prohibited her from speaking outside of court about Pitt’s physical and emotional abuse of her and their children”.In the court filings, Jolie alleges that during the plane journey in 2016, Pitt accused her of being “too deferential” to their children, at which point Pitt allegedly “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her, and then grabbed her shoulders and shook her again before pushing her into the bathroom wall.”It added: “Pitt then punched the ceiling of the plane numerous times, prompting Jolie to leave the bathroom.”The new court papers then allege that the pair’s children came to their mother’s defence, at which point Pitt “choked one of the children and struck another in the face”.
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