Angelina Jolie alleges Brad Pitt's physical abuse ‘began before 2016 plane incident’ | More details here

Angelina Jolie's lawyers allege in a new court filing that her ex-husband Brad Pitt was abusive towards her before the 2016 plane incident, which prompted her to file for divorce. In the ongoing legal battle over their French winery Château Miraval, Jolie's legal team filed a motion on April 4 seeking to release communications that they claim would prove Pitt prevented Jolie from selling her share of the winery to him unless she agreed to a ‘more onerous’ and ‘expansive’ Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

Within the new filing, Jolie's lawyers make the claim: ‘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. Jolie then immediately left him.’

While there has been no direct response from Brad Pitt or his legal team yet, a source close to the actor told Page Six that Angelina Jolie ‘continually tries to distract from legal losses by offering irrelevant or inaccurate information’ in court filings.

Jolie's lawyers claim that Pitt insisted on her signing a non-disclosure agreement after discovering in 2021 that she had submitted sealed documents to help resolve their child custody dispute. The report suggests that Pitt initially agreed to buy Jolie's shares in a French winery after learning about the sealed documents but later backed out due to concerns that the sealed documents might be made public.

‘Mr. Pitt refused to purchase Ms. Jolie’s interest when she would not be silenced by his NDA,’ the attorney of Jolie told PageSix in a statement.

They continued, ‘By refusing to buy her interest but then suing her, Mr. Pitt put directly at issue why that NDA was so important to him and what he hoped it would bury: his abuse of Ms. Jolie and their family.’

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