Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt agree on divorce settlement, her lawyer says, after 8 years of intense legal battles
Los Angeles- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, their lawyers say, apparently ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history.
“Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt more than eight years ago,” Jolie’s attorney James Simon told CBS News in a statement. “She and her children left behind all the property they shared with Mr. Pitt and have since It’s just part of a long process that started eight years ago and, frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she’s relieved that part of it is over.”
Pitt’s representative, Benjamin Thorley, declined to comment to CBS News.
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Jolie and Pitt signed a declaration of absence filed with Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday saying they had reached a written agreement regarding their marriage and property rights, Simon said, adding that the document said they waived their rights to any future spousal financial support, No other details were provided. The judge needs to sign the agreement.
People magazine first reported the settlement.
Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 61, have been one of Hollywood’s most famous couples for 12 years, and the two are a married couple. The Oscar winner has six children.
julie Filed for divorce in 2016after taking off from Europe on a private jet She says Pitt abused her and their children. A representative for Pitt, who was not authorized to speak publicly, strongly denied Jolie’s accusations.
During their lengthy divorce battle, four of the couple’s six children have reached adulthood and no longer have custody agreements to sign. The only two minors were 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivian. In June, one of their daughters, then-Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, successfully petitioned to have Pitt’s name removed from hers.
Their other children are Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19.
Details of the agreement were not immediately disclosed, and the couple’s practice of hiring a private judge — an increasingly common practice among celebrities breaking up in recent years — has kept the proceedings largely confidential. For nearly a year, there has been no formal court action in the case, and there is no sign that the two are close to reaching an agreement.
However, some details of their dispute have been passed Pitt sued separately In the letter, he accused Jolie of reneging on an agreement in which she would sell him half of a French winery they owned together. Instead, Jolie sold part of her stake in Miraval to Tenute del Mondo Wine Group, a subsidiary of Stoli Group, in what Pitt called a “vindictive” move that ruined what was once the second-largest winery in the world. The private space of home.
Jolie’s lawyer said the winery sale fell apart after Pitt asked her to sign an extensive confidentiality agreement about him as part of the deal. In court documents, she claimed this was an effort to cover up his physical abuse of her, which she said was directed toward the children on the 2016 flight.
It’s unclear how the divorce settlement will affect the winery litigation.
Publicly, Pitt and Jolie have been tight-lipped about everything about their breakup, despite heavy promotional tours and numerous media appearances for various projects.
Pitt told GQ in 2017 that he had a drinking problem at the time of the plane crash and breakup, but had since become sober and was ready to get treatment. He did not defend his actions on the family flight.
Jolie has also refused to make any public statements about family issues or the divorce, even as she seeks greater court scrutiny and disclosure of Jolie’s behavior in the divorce and winery cases.
Jolie and Pitt were both among the film industry’s most elite stars when they started dating in 2004, co-starring as hit men and female killer spouses in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and have remained at the top of Hollywood’s list throughout their marriage. Among the A-list stars. coupling. Jolie, the daughter of Hollywood star Jon Voight and star of “Maleficent” and “Tomb Raider,” won an Oscar for her performance in the 1999 film “Girl, Interrupted.”
Pitt, star of “Fight Club” and “Inglourious Basterds,” has thrived as an actor and producer following their breakup. He won his own Academy Award for 2019’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” a crowning achievement of the awards season that some media outlets viewed as a redemption that brought him widespread public affection.
In the years since her divorce, Jolie has remained less visible, although she has directed several films and appeared in many more while trying to focus on raising her children.
This year, she is back in the Oscar conversation for her performance as legendary soprano Maria Callas in “Maria.”
