Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt haven’t been shy about placing one another’s names within the press amid their years-long divorce drama, nevertheless it appears to be like just like the actress tried to maintain one authorized transfer nameless.
In keeping with Puck Information’ Eriq Gardner, the Maleficent 2 star has been recognized because the “Jane Doe” who sued the FBI below the Freedom of Info Act, asking why a probe into her then-husband was closed following allegations of bodily and verbal assault in 2016. This confirms what has lengthy been speculated, seeing because the occasions described match as much as incidents involving Brangelina which have been extensively reported.
The go well with requested the FBI present paperwork associated to an investigation into the As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood star after Angie advised an agent that Brad “bodily and verbally assaulted” her and their youngsters whereas flying on a non-public airplane “a number of years in the past.”
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In keeping with the agent’s notes on the time, the actor allegedly took his then-wife to the again of the airplane, grabbed her shoulders and shook her whereas yelling issues like, “You’re f**king up this household.”
Angie additionally claimed one other bodily altercation went down on the identical flight — one which apparently precipitated her to maintain accidents, together with on her elbow. (She reportedly gave an agent a photograph of her elbow in an try and corroborate this declare.) Furthermore, Jolie mentioned Pitt was ingesting on the time, and had poured beer on her.
Pitt’s crew denied all of the accusations. Earlier than the bureau introduced it had cleared the Troy star of any wrongdoing within the incident, the agent investigating the incident “ready an announcement of possible trigger and introduced it to the chief of the Legal Division of the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace in Los Angeles,” in line with the go well with. Regardless of this assertion, the particular agent and assistant US lawyer concluded they wouldn’t pursue legal prices.
Apparently, the Tomb Raider star needed solutions about why the investigation was closed. In keeping with her criticism, which was amended in August:
“Ms. Doe has been looking for the withheld info for [several] years in an effort to make sure that her youngsters obtain certified…care and…counseling to handle hurt suffered…Info withheld by DOJ and the FBI incorporates proof of the hurt. The persistent denial of that info to Ms. Doe…a sufferer of the assault herself — has hampered, and continues to hamper, her efforts to acquire for her youngsters mandatory ongoing care and medical consideration, and has additional harmed the youngsters within the household legislation system.”
The go well with additionally mentioned the plaintiff had filed a number of requests for a replica of the bureau’s investigative file in an try and have a “higher understanding [of] the FBI’s investigation and acquiring info mandatory for her youngsters to obtain medical care and trauma counseling.”
BTW, this was additionally the identical flight the place Brad allegedly obtained bodily with the couple’s oldest son, Maddox. The submitting claimed the unnamed plaintiff’s youngsters have “skilled lasting bodily and psychological trauma” from the incident — making it fairly clear the entire time, we suppose.
Days after the alleged incident occurred, Angie filed for divorce from Brad. The remainder is historical past…
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