Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie reach settlement in divorce: report
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have reached a settlement in their divorce eight years after the actress' filing.
PEOPLE Magazine, citing Jolie's lawyer, reported that they signed their divorce papers on Dec. 30.
“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," James Simon said in a statement. "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."
A source close to Jolie also told PEOPLE that she "doesn’t speak ill of [Pitt] publicly or privately."
"She’s been trying hard to be light after a dark time," the source added.
Pitt's representatives declined to comment, according to PEOPLE.
Jolie and Pitt became a couple after co-starring in the 2005 movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They share six children.
In 2016, Jolie accused Pitt of raping her on a private plane. She also claimed Pitt “physically and verbally” assaulted her and their kids, and said he was already abusive before the plane incident. This was when the Eternals star filed for divorce.
They were ruled legally single in 2019.
Since then, Pitt and Jolie have been embroiled in legal battles, the center of which was the winery Miraval they had bought when they were still together.
Jolie accused Pitt of not letting her sell her share of the winery to him unless she agreed to a "more onerous" and "expansive" non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
In June 2023, PEOPLE reported that Pitt sued Jolie for selling her portion of their shared winery without consulting him.
The lawsuit claims the purported sale was "unlawful" due to "contractual agreement" breaches between Jolie and Pitt "to hold Miraval together and not sell their interests separately without the other's consent."
Jolie’s lawyers said the winery lawsuit would not have happened if Pitt had purchased her share when she made the offer. They accused Pitt of refusing the deal unless it came with the NDA, even as he supposedly feared that sealed documents in their other legal battle—the custody of their children—could be made public.
A June 2023 filing from Pitt’s team, meanwhile, claimed it was Jolie who suggested an “even broader non-disparagement clause” as part of the deal. Pitt’s team presented a “narrower” one “intended to protect the business.”
Last November, Jolie won a motion seeking to make Pitt disclose documents that would show his alleged abuses. These include emails, texts, and other written communications, but not those involving him and his attorneys or therapists.
