Angelina Jolie wins motion seeking to make Brad Pitt disclose documents showing alleged abuses
Angelina Jolie, in her legal saga against Brad Pitt, won a motion seeking to make her ex-husband disclose documents that would show his alleged abuses, including one that's related to the winery they had bought when they were still together.
PEOPLE Magazine reported that the documents will prove "communications concerning abuse, lies to authorities, and years of cover-up" on Pitt's part.
According to Jolie's lawyer Paul Murphy, these include emails, texts, and other written communications, but not those involving him and his attorneys or therapists.
Murphy said the documentation they're seeking is "crucial evidence" that Pitt has "fought for years to hide."
"His actions harmed Angelina and their children and are central to this case," he said, noting that his client "never wanted any of this."
"She never pressed charges, she left all their properties, and she is the one who tried to sell him the business in the first place," Murphy said.
"To this day, Mr. Pitt has never been held accountable for his actions and has at all times controlled Miraval and the winery, yet he still demands more," he said. "She wants this to end, the children want this to end, and Mr. Pitt should focus on healing their family, not pursuing lawsuits."
"If he does not, Angelina will defend herself in court by presenting the evidence necessary to demonstrate that Pitt’s allegations are demonstrably false," Murphy concluded.
Jolie previously accused Pitt of not letting her sell her share of the winery to him unless she agreed to a "more onerous" and "expansive" non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
In June 2023, PEOPLE reported that Pitt sued Jolie for selling her portion of their shared winery without consulting him.
The lawsuit claims the purported sale was "unlawful" due to "contractual agreement" breaches between Jolie and Pitt "to hold Miraval together and not sell their interests separately without the other's consent."
Jolie’s lawyers said the winery lawsuit would not have happened if Pitt had purchased her share when she made the offer. They accused Pitt of refusing the deal unless it came with the NDA, even as he supposedly feared that sealed documents in their other legal battle—the custody of their children—could be made public.
A June 2023 filing from Pitt’s team, meanwhile, claimed it was Jolie who suggested an “even broader non-disparagement clause” as part of the deal. Pitt’s team presented a “narrower” one “intended to protect the business.”
Jolie and Pitt became a couple after co-starring in the 2005 movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They share six children.
They were ruled legally single in 2019, three years after Jolie filed for divorce.
In 2016, Jolie accused Pitt of raping her on a private plane. She also claimed Pitt “physically and verbally” assaulted her and their kids, and said he was already abusive before the plane incident.
