Angelina Jolie is commenting on the “painful events” that led to her divorce from Brad Pitt.
The 50-year-old actress is still embroiled in a legal battle with her ex-husband over the sale of her interests in their formerly co-owned French winery Château Miraval, and E! News recently obtained a personal declaration she submitted to the California court on October 9.
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In her declaration, she wrote, “The events leading to my need to separate from my ex-husband were emotionally difficult for me and our children. Upon filing for divorce, I left him control (and full residency) of our family homes in Los Angeles and at Miraval, without compensation, which I hoped would make him calmer in his dealings with me after a difficult and traumatic period.”
Angelina says that neither she nor any of their children—including Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, or 17-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox, 17—have visited Miravel since she filed for divorce nearly ten years ago because of “its connection to the painful events leading to the divorce.”
While she did not recount the specifics leading up to the split, the actress initially filed in September 2016 after a flight where she claims the 61-year-old actor was both verbally and physically abusive toward her and one of their kids. Brad denies the allegations.
“Miraval was one of the first major investments we made together, and it was a focal point of our family life. We were married there, I spent part of my pregnancy there and I brought our twin children home there from the hospital,” Angelina continued in her declaration.
“To have such a sudden break from my home and memories has been hard and it was especially difficult for the children to have their lives so disrupted.”
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