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 Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Burdge Jr. rejected
Pitt's motion at an emergency hearing, a court spokeswoman said.
Pitt and Jolie did not attend.
While Burdge ruled against sealing the entire case, he said
requests to seal specific documents would be considered,
especially given that the six children at the center of the
custody case are all minors.
"The court recognizes privacy rights of minor children and would
be guided by what's in the minor children's best interest,"
Burdge said.
Jolie's representatives did not respond to phone and email
messages from Reuters seeking comment, and Pitt's
representatives said the actor would not comment on the matter.
Jolie, 41, and Pitt, 52, known collectively as "Brangelina,"
were together since 2005 and married for two years before their
sudden split in September, which has been widely covered by news
media.
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Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt, citing irreconcilable
differences, after an incident on a private plane in which Pitt was
reported to have lost his temper in front of one or more of the
children.
At the time, she said she made the decision "for the health of the
family," and is seeking full physical custody of their children. The
couple share adopted sons Maddox and Pax, adopted daughter Zahara
and three biological children, Shiloh Nouvel and twins Knox Leon and
Vivienne Marcheline, aged between 8 and 15.
Pitt, 52, was cleared in the incident last month by the Los Angeles
County Department of Children and Family Services. He has filed for
joint custody of the children.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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