Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce deal after eight year battle
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have agreed to a divorce deal eight years after the lengthy legal battle began. Jolie’s lawyer confirmed the settlement, but the legal team of Pitt, 61, are yet to comment, reports the Associated Press. The couple married at Chateau Miraval in 2014 after they first met on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith in 2005. After two years of marriage, Jolie, 49, filed for divorce on grounds of irreconcilable differences.
The actors then entered a battle over custody of their six children, and division of the financial assets. On December 30, the divorce paperwork was signed and Jolie’s lawyer James Simon told Daily Mail that she is ‘relieved this one part is over.’.
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He continued: ‘Frankly, Angelina is exhausted. More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr Pitt. 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.’.
![[(FILES) US actress and special UN envoy Angelina Jolie (L) and her husband US actor Brad Pitt arrive on the fourth day of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London on June 13, 2014. Famed actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie signed off on a divorce settlement on December 30, 2024, according to People Magazine, marking a turning point in the eight-year legal saga. (Photo by CARL COURT / AFP) (Photo by CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234602546-c51f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Jolie and Pitt met while filming Mr and Mrs Smith together in 2005 – at the time, the latter was married to Jennifer Aniston, while the Changeling actress had previously walked up the aisle with Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller. They went on to welcome daughter Shiloh together the following year, and are also parents to Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Vivienne and Knox.
Nearly a decade after they first started dating, they wed at their Chateau Miraval vineyard in France, and the battle over its ownership continues. In 2016, the world was shocked when Jolie filed for divorce, ending her marriage to Pitt after just two years.
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