The facts allegedly took place during a flight between California and France in September 2016, according to court documents that leaked to several American media.
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Actress Angelina Jolie accuses ex-husband Brad Pitt of abusing two of their children during a couple’s argument aboard a private jet in 2016, according to court documents leaked in the United States on Tuesday (October 4). United. In the documents filed, Angelina Jolie details a violent altercation with her ex-husband during a flight between California and France in September 2016.
brad pitt “strangled one of the children and hit another” and also has “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her” before “push her against the wall of the toilet”where the dispute had started, according to the documents, quoted by several American media, including the New York Times and variety. During this confrontation, the actor, who accused his wife of being “too obsequious” with their offspring, “spilled beer” on his ex-wife, and “beer and red wine on the children”.
When the actor fight club came to blows, “one of the children verbally defended” his mother. Brad Pitt then “rushed to his own child”according to the documents, and the actress “grabbed him from behind to stop him”. Still according to the same source, the children then “interposed”. The actor then “strangled one of the children and punched another in the face”. Some “asked him to stop”others “were crying”.
After this dispute, the investigation carried out by the federal authorities did not lead to any prosecution. Angelina Jolie filed for divorce a few days after that plane trip. The two Hollywood stars separated that year, and their divorce proceedings have since been bogged down in long legal battles, notably concerning the custody of their children and the sale of a wine estate in the south of France.