Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, her lawyer announced Monday, clearly ending one of the longest and most controversial divorces in Hollywood history.
Jolie's lawyer, James Simon, confirmed to The Associated Press that the couple had reached an agreement. News of the settlement was first reported by People magazine.
“More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt,” Simon said in a statement. “She and her children left behind all the property they shared with Mr. Pitt, and since then she has focused on finding peace and healing for her family. This started eight years ago. It's just part of a long process. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but relieved that this part is over.”
Court documents have not yet been filed and a judge must sign the agreement. Pitt's attorney did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment late Monday night.
Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 61, have been one of Hollywood's most famous couples for 12 years. The two Oscar winners have six children together.
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, claiming that Pitt abused her and their children after they boarded a flight from Europe. Pitt denies the charges. In 2019, a judge declared the couple divorced and single, but the division of property and custody of their children will need to be resolved separately.
The private judge the couple hired to handle the case issued a ruling shortly thereafter that included equal custody of the children, but Jolie sued him over an undisclosed conflict of interest. I filed a petition to have it removed. The appeals court agreed, the judge was removed, and the couple had to start over.
Details of the agreement were not immediately disclosed, and the proceedings have been largely kept secret, with the couple hiring a private judge (an increasingly common move among celebrities who are breaking up in recent years).
But some details emerged through a separate lawsuit filed by Pitt, in which Jolie claims she broke an agreement to sell Pitt half of the French winery they owned. There is. It's unclear how the divorce agreement will affect that case.
