LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, her lawyer mentioned Monday, bringing an obvious finish to one of many longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood historical past.
Jolie’s legal professional James Simon confirmed to The Related Press that the couple had come to a deal. Information of the settlement was first reported by Individuals journal.
“Greater than eight years in the past, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt,” Simon mentioned in an announcement. “She and the youngsters left all the properties they’d shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that point she has centered on discovering peace and therapeutic for his or her household. This is only one a part of a protracted ongoing course of that began eight years in the past. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, however she is relieved this one half is over.”
No courtroom paperwork have been filed but, and a decide might want to log off on the settlement. An e mail late Monday night time to Pitt’s legal professional in search of remark was not instantly answered.
Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 61, have been amongst Hollywood’s most outstanding {couples} for 12 years. The 2 Oscar winners have six youngsters collectively.
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, after a personal jet flight from Europe throughout which she mentioned Pitt was abusive towards her and their youngsters. A decide in 2019 declared them divorced and single, however the splitting of property and little one custody wanted to be individually settled.
A personal decide that the 2 had employed to deal with the case reached a choice quickly after that included equal custody of their youngsters, however Jolie filed to have him eliminated from the case over an unreported battle of curiosity. An appeals courtroom agreed, the decide was eliminated, and the couple needed to begin over.
No particulars of the settlement have been instantly revealed, and the couple’s use of the non-public decide — an more and more frequent transfer amongst splitting celebrities lately — has stored the proceedings largely beneath wraps. Some particulars, nonetheless, have been revealed via a separate lawsuit filed by Pitt, through which he alleged Jolie reneged on an settlement that she would promote him her half of a French vineyard the 2 owned collectively. It is not clear how the divorce settlement will have an effect on that lawsuit.
