Under the anonymous “Jane Doe,” Jolie, 47, requested FBI documents about the2016 plane incidentbe released to her under the Freedom of Information Act amid an ongoing custody battle with Pitt, 58, with whom she shares six kids.
The Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services and FBI had investigated Pitt after an anonymous tip about a drunken argument he got into with Jolie while their family traveled on a private jet from France back to their Los Angeles home. Pitt allegedly got “verbally abusive” and “physical” with one of their kids on the plane, a source said at the time. Pitt denied any abuse.
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According to the FBI report, Jolie noted there was “tension” between her and Pitt, claiming that his actions that day made her feel “like a hostage” on the plane. He allegedly grabbed and shook her, pushed her into a wall and punched the plane’s ceiling. When she said it appeared “like he was going to attack” one of their children for calling him a “prick” during the dispute, Jolie admitted to wrapping her arms around Pitt’s neck in a chokehold-style.
She said Pitt was “becoming a monster” as he “ranted” on the plane and “mimicked the behavior of a monster and screamed at them.” She and the kids were “shell-shocked” during the flight, said Jolie, who added that she was “frozen, scared and didn’t know what to do” in the moment.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in March 2014.Ethan Miller/WireImage
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Asource close to Pitt tells PEOPLEthat there is “nothing new here” and both he and Jolie have had these documents for years.
“It was investigated and there were no charges brought. It’s standard for these type of things to not be released. Both parties had it,” says the source. “There is no benefit to this. It is harmful to the children and the entire family for this to be made public.”
The source says Pitt “has remained silent on this issue because he knows that is the best thing for his kids, what’s best for everybody. He has maintained that stance despite a never-ending barrage of attacks and attempts to use the courts against him.”
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Back whenPolitico first reportedthe FOIA case back in April, attorney Amanda Kramer told the outlet, “I’m unable to comment on the identity of Jane Doe, who has sought to preserve the family’s privacy. Our position is that victims and survivors should be able to access federal agency records of crimes they experienced or reported, as is common at the state level, so they can advocate for help and trauma care and legal protection for their children and themselves.”
“Our client has been seeking such records for years and has been stonewalled and has had to resort to court action to receive those much-needed records,” added Kramer. “Legislative remedies are necessary.”
Pitt and Jolie areembroiled in another separate legal battleover Jolie’s sale of her interest in Château Miraval, the South of France winery they purchased together in 2008 where they later got married in 2014 and spent several family holidays together throughout their relationship.
A source told PEOPLE last month thatBullet Trainactor Pitt, who is now sober, “still has a pretty good relationship” with his kids, who “are older now [and] have their own life and friends.” The insider added, “He’s living his best lifeunder the circumstances.”
source: people.com
