The leak of FBI documents detailing the alleged fight between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie aboard a private jet in 2016 “serves no purpose other than to inflict pain,” a source close to Pitt told The Independent.
The documents obtained by Rolling Stone and Puck include Jolie’s detailed account of Pitt’s alleged escape, which occurred 90 minutes after flying between France and Los Angeles on September 14, 2016.
The source seemed to imply that Jolie’s team was behind the leak, writing: “Both parties have had this information for almost six years, so it is sufficient to submit an anonymous FOIA request for information that you already have and that has been used in previous court cases used for no other purpose than to inflict pain.”
The Independent has reached out to Jolie officials for comment.
According to the documents, Jolie told the FBI that Pitt yelled at her, “grabbed her by the head,” shook her, “shoved her against the bathroom wall,” and repeatedly slammed the ceiling of the plane.
The Maleficent actor also claimed Pitt consumed several alcoholic beverages during the flight and “popped beers [Jolie] and the blanket she was under.” When the plane landed, she said it sustained $25,000 in damage from spilled red wine.
Elsewhere in the documents, Pitt said Pitt told Jolie that one of her children “looked like the damn Columbine kid” and said she was “ruining the family.”
Read more shocking details from the report here.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
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After an investigation into the incident, no charges were filed “due to a number of factors,” Rolling Stone reported.
In 2016, Pitt denied allegations that he abused one of his children on the private jet.
Jolie filed for divorce on September 19 and listed September 15, the day after the jet incident, as the date of separation in her divorce papers.
Since then, they have been involved in many court cases, including a custody case involving their six children, three of whom were adopted.