Angelina Jolie sues Brad Pitt for child abuse, and her son Maddox testifies
Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of "child abuse" and has the support of her son Maddox in his new legal offensive for the custody of his large family. On March 12, the actress presented new evidence against her ex-husband and stated that both she and her children would be willing to offer "new evidence and testimonies that demonstrate domestic violence." And her eldest son would have already testified against her father. According to Us Weekly, "Maddox has already testified as an adult in the ongoing custody dispute and it wasn't very flattering to Brad."
Brad Pitt, 57, is upset "totally devastated" according to the US media upon learning of the new course of the judicial battle, which puts on the stand the deteriorated relationship that the actor maintains with his children. Pax, Zahara, John and twins Knox and Vivienne live with Angelina Jolie and Maddox, who went to study at Seoul University in South Korea, hadn't seen his father for about five years. According to sources close to him, the young man no longer uses the Pitt surname in informal contexts, and would be willing to legally change his surname, "although Angelina has told him that she prefers him not to."
Case against Pitt for child abuse to be reopened
It all goes back to the incident that froze the relationship between Brad Pitt and Maddox and precipitated, most likely, the divorce with Angelina Jolie. On September 14, 2016, on a flight between France and Los Angeles, Pitt would have physically and verbally assaulted his son Maddox when he came out in defense of his mother and brothers when the actor, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, would have been aggressive with his family. Just a few days later, the actress filed for divorce.
Although the actor was investigated by the FBI and the Los Angeles County Department of Family and Child Services and was acquitted due to lack of evidence, it is possible that the testimonies of his children reopen the case. Brad Pitt has confessed to the press that his addiction to alcohol was one of the triggers for his divorce from the actress, and that he is in therapeutic treatment and attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
However, Jolie continues to fight for full custody of her minor children and, according to court documents that would have been leaked to The Blast portal, the five would be willing to add their testimonies to Maddox to prevent Pitt from accessing 50% of the Legal custody.
Timeline of the Jolie-Pitt relationship
What was once the Hollywood power couple began their relationship in 2005, when Brad Pitt was still in a relationship with Jennifer Aniston. The following year, Brad Pitt legally adopted Angelina's children and the couple welcomed John, his first biological child. In 2007 they adopted another child and in 2008 they had twins, consolidating a large family that was formed before their marriage. They were together for eleven glorious years in which they monopolized all the covers, but were only married for two: in 2012 they agreed and in 2014 they divorced, claiming "irreconcilable differences" about which the details are gradually clarifying .
The custody of their children is, from the beginning, the main injury between the two, and despite having reached an initial agreement, the judicial war is still open and the relationship between Pitt and Maddox is practically devastated: the young man himself would have it hinted to the journalists who approached him in South Korea when he assured that "whatever has to be, will be" when asked if he was going to break ties with his father.
