Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's legal battle continues to be messy. The actress filed new court documents regarding incidents of alleged domestic violence involving her ex-husband, Brad Pitt. She claimed that she has "proof" to support it.
The documents, submitted on March 12, indicates that the actress and her children are willing to offer “proof and authority in support” of their claims against "Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood" star.
According to the documents, Jolie has agreed to provide testimony herself, along with the “testimony of minor children."
Jolie and the actor's children -- Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14, Knox and Vivienne, 12, could speak out in court in their divorce hearings.
“If Angelina has more documentation to prove domestic violence towards her or the children, she can submit it as a supplemental offer to prove in trial,” family law expert and Ideal Legal Group, Inc. founder Evie P. Jeang told Us.
“She can say these are the documentation in addition to what she already presented. This could mean it’s a more recent instance [of domestic violence], or further documentation related to what was presented before.”
A source told Us Weekly the filing was an attempt to “hurt” the actor.
“Over the past four and a half years there have been a number of claims made by Angelina that have been reviewed and not substantiated,” the insider said.
“The children have been used by Angelina to hurt Brad before and this is more of that behavior. This leaking of documents by her fourth or fifth set of lawyers has been done to hurt Brad.”
The former couple started dating after meeting on the set of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" in 2004. They parted ways in September 2016 after two years of marriage due to “irreconcilable differences.” They were declared legally single in April 2019, though their divorce has not been finalized. They are currently working on a custody agreement in regard to their children.
Soon after their split in 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Child and Family Services began investigating child abuse claims against Pitt. He was later cleared of the abuse allegations.
“I was really on my back and chained to a system when Child Services was called. And you know, after that, we’ve been able to work together to sort this out,” the actor said in a 2017 interview with GQ.
“We’re both doing our best. I heard one lawyer say, ‘No one wins in court—it’s just a matter of who gets hurt worse.’ And it seems to be true, you spend a year just focused on building a case to prove your point and why you’re right and why they’re wrong, and it’s just an investment in vitriolic hatred. I just refuse. And fortunately, my partner in this agrees. It’s just very, very jarring for the kids, to suddenly have their family ripped apart," he added.
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