Brad Pitt is breaking his silence on Angelina Jolie’s abuse allegations!
As Perezcious readers know, earlier this week, the actress alleged her ex-husband bodily and emotionally abused their youngsters throughout an explosive confrontation amid a flight from France to California in 2016. Brad sources rapidly clapped again on the experiences, claiming the most recent allegations have been “untrue.” But now the person himself is talking out.
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On Thursday, the actor’s lawyer Anne Kiley launched a strongly worded assertion to E! News denying the abuse allegations and even sending a bit of shade the Maleficent star’s means! Oooh! The assertion learn:
“Brad has owned everything he’s responsible for from day one–unlike the other side–but he’s not going to own anything he didn’t do. He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation.”
We see you attempting to show this again on Angie, Brad!
Of course, this assertion comes after Angelina filed a cross-complaint amid the exes’ battle over their vineyard. In the dramatic submitting, the actress detailed a 2016 flight involving the previous couple and their youngsters, Maddox, 21, Pax, 18, Zahara, 17, Shiloh, 16, and 14-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. According to her, Brad bodily and emotionally abused her and the youngsters on the flight.
The court docket docs acknowledged Brad grew to become upset with Angelina after believing she was “too deferential” to the youngsters. This resulted in a bodily altercation, prompting the youngsters to talk out in her protection. The submitting alleged:
“When one of the children verbally defended Jolie, Pitt lunged at his own child and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him. To get Jolie off his back, Pitt threw himself backwards into the airplane’s seats injuring Jolie’s back and elbow. The children rushed in and all bravely tried to protect each other.”
During the battle, the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood lead allegedly “choked one of the children and struck another in the face.” The 47-year-old mom filed for divorce days later — sending the co-parents right into a years-long contentious custody battle.
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While the incidents of the household’s 2016 flight proceed to make headlines this 12 months, it ought to be famous the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services and the FBI launched their very own investigations on the time and each resulted in no prices or penalties for the daddy. This is what the Bullet Train star’s camp appears to be clinging to as they declare his innocence. Referencing these authorized investigations, Brad’s lawyer continued:
“Thankfully, the various public authorities the other side has tried to use against him over the past six years have made their own independent decisions. Brad will continue to respond in court as he has consistently done.”
Pretty attention-grabbing to see he and his group received’t even name Angelina by her identify! Is it legalese? Or one thing like Johnny Depp’s determination to not look Amber Heard within the eye in the course of the trial?
One factor can be very clear by this assertion: neither facet is backing down anytime quickly, which implies their authorized battles are sure to proceed for a very long time. Sigh. Thoughts? What do YOU consider Brad’s assertion?
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