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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are at it again.

Once the most-loved celeb couple in Hollywood, Branjelina’s relationship became drama-filled and contentious just two years after marriage.

The Mr. & Mrs. Smith lovebirds’ relationship war reportedly began in 2016, during a flight back home on their private aircraft with their six children.

Jolie described the extent of the abusive behaviour she and her children allegedly endured on that flight at the hands of an ‘intoxicated’ Pitt in a cross-complaint filed in Los Angeles in 2022.

According to court papers, “Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face” and “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her”. At one point “he poured beer on Jolie; at another, he poured beer and red wine on the children”.

After the plane landed, Jolie accused Pitt of refusing to let her and the family get off the craft before he left. Divorce proceedings immediately followed.

The List reports that this was widely acknowledged to be the last straw that sent the Jolie-Pitt marriage to divorce court, but it seems there’s still more to the story.

People recently reported on damning details from a new court filing related to the sale of Château Miraval, the couple’s jointly owned French villa and winery.

The papers allege, “Pitt’s history of physical abuse of Jolie started well before the family’s September 2016 plane trip from France to Los Angeles.”

Jolie’s team goes on to say the plane incident was “the first time he turned his physical abuse on the children as well,” which spurred the actress to call it quits for good.

The high-profile divorce has turned out to be a painfully long and drawn-out affair. A prediction as far back as 2018 stated that the situation will “outlive us all”.

Only five years after the initial filing, in 2021, was their child custody arrangement drawn in the sand, and even then Jolie objected to the 50/50 arrangement.

Now, Jolie’s new claim of abuse is being presented in relation to the couple’s ongoing battle over the sale of their French winery.

Jolie sold her share to a Russian buyer, while Pitt reneged on his commitment to sell his share to her. Jolie’s legal representatives are currently alleging that Pitt insisted on Jolie signing a stringent NDA beforehand, preventing her from disclosing any purported mistreatment by Pitt.

Her attorney added in a statement, “By refusing to buy her interest but then suing her, Mr Pitt put directly at issue why that NDA was so important to him and what he hoped it would bury his abuse of Ms Jolie and their family.”

And so the battle persists…

[source:thelist]