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The filing in a Los Angeles court alleges that
Pitt sought to condition Jolie’s sale of her stake in the winery
on a nondisclosure agreement that would have barred her from
publicly discussing “Pitt’s physical and emotional abuse of her
and their children.”
Jolie’s filing describes an episode during a September 2016
private plane flight where Pitt allegedly “grabbed Jolie by the
head and shook her” before “pushing her into the bathroom wall.”
Pitt also “choked one of the children and struck another in the
face,” the filing alleges.
Pitt’s lawyers did not immediately respond to inquiries Tuesday.
The filing advances counterclaims against Pitt in a lawsuit he
filed against Jolie and her former company in February. Pitt
alleges that Jolie’s September 2021 sale of her stake in the
Chateau Miraval winery to an international beverage company was
unlawful because the pair had agreed they would never sell their
interests without the other’s consent.
Jolie said in her Tuesday filing that no such agreement existed
and that Pitt had refused to buy her out unless she consented to
“an unconscionable gag order” regarding his conduct.
In her filing, Jolie also said the FBI probed the incident on
the plane and “concluded that the government had probable cause
to charge Pitt with a federal crime.” Pitt has not been charged
with a crime, and an FBI spokesperson did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Jack Queen; Editing by Amy Stevens and Jonathan
Oatis)
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