Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Settle Divorce After 8-Year Legal Dispute

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have settled their divorce after a legal battle of more than eight years. 

“More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family,” said Jolie’s lawyer James Simon in a statement on Monday. “This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.”

In 2016, the once-Hollywood power couple made headlines when an alleged physical altercation occurred on a private plane where Pitt reportedly “choked” one of their children and “struck" another in the face. It was also claimed that he “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her.” Jolie filed for divorce a few days later.

In April, Jolie’s lawyer filed a claim that alleged Pitt’s physical abuse “started well before” the 2016 incident. Pitt had accused Jolie in 2022 of violating “contractural rights” when she sold off her half of their Château Miraval winery without his knowledge. 

Jolie’s legal team fired back at Pitt in their countersuit, accusing him of not allowing Jolie to sell her half of the winery unless she signed “a nondisclosure agreement" that would have "contractually prohibited her from speaking outside of court about Pitt’s physical and emotional abuse of her and their children.”