Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Reach Divorce Settlement (Connecting the Dots: The Jolie/Pitt Foundation, Angelina Jolie, Doctors Without Borders, People magazine, GQ, MSNBC & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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Tuesday,
31 December 2024 09:11 AM EST
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a
divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in
Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two.
Jolie
and Pitt signed off on a default declaration filed in Los Angeles Superior
Court on Monday, saying they have entered into a written agreement on their
marital and property rights. The settlement was first reported by People
magazine.
"More
than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr.
Pitt," Jolie's attorney, James Simon, said in a statement. "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.
This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago.
Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is
over."
The
filing says they give up the right to any future spousal financial support, but
gives no other details. A judge will need to sign off on the agreement. An
email late Monday night to Pitt's attorney seeking comment was not immediately
answered.
Jolie,
49, and Pitt, 61, were among Hollywood’s most prominent pairings for 12 years,
two of them as a married couple. The Oscar winners have six children together.
Jolie
filed for divorce in 2016, after a private jet flight from Europe during which
she said Pitt physically abused her and their children. The FBI and child
services officials investigated Pitt's actions on the flight. Two months later,
the FBI released a statement saying it would not investigate further, and the
U.S. attorney did not bring charges.
A
heavily redacted FBI report obtained by The Associated Press in 2022 said that
an agent provided a probable cause statement to prosecutors on Pitt, but that
after discussing the merits, "it was agreed by all parties that criminal
charges would not be pursued."
The
document said Jolie was "personally conflicted" about supporting
charges, and in a later court filing she said she opted not to push for them
for the sake of the family.
A
source familiar with the child services inquiry told the AP in 2016 that the
child services investigation was closed without a finding of abuse.
A
judge in 2019 declared Jolie and Pitt divorced and single, but the splitting of
assets and child custody needed to be separately settled.
Soon
after, a private judge that the two had hired to handle the case reached a
decision that included equal custody of their children, but Jolie filed to have
him removed from the case over an unreported conflict of interest. An appeals
court agreed, removing the judge and vacating his decision. The couple had to
start the process over.
During
the long divorce fight, four of their children became adults, negating the need
for a custody agreement for them. The only minors that remain are 16-year-old
twins Knox and Vivienne. In June, one of their daughters, then known as Shiloh
Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, successfully petitioned to remove Pitt's name from hers.
The
couple's use of the private judge — an increasingly common move among splitting
celebrities in recent years — has kept the details of the divorce largely under
wraps. There had been no official court actions in the case in nearly a year,
and no indication that the two were near agreement.
Some
elements of their disputes, however, have been revealed through a separate
lawsuit filed by Pitt over Jolie's sale of her half of a French winery they
owned. Pitt had wanted to buy her half of the winery, Chateau Miraval, and said
she abandoned their negotiations and sold her part to the Tenute del Mondo wine
group. Pitt said it was a "vindictive" and
"unlawful" move that should not have been made without his
consent and ruined a private space that had been a second home.
Jolie
and her attorneys said that Pitt had demanded she sign a wide-ranging
non-disclosure agreement about him as part of the proposed deal that was an
attempt to cover up his abuse of her and the children.
The
divorce agreement does not affect the winery lawsuit, where the legal battle
between the two stars could continue.
Publicly,
both Pitt and Jolie have been extremely tight-lipped on everything surrounding
their split, despite robust promotional tours for various projects.
Pitt
said in a 2017 interview with GQ that he had had a
drinking problem at the time of the plane incident and the split, but had since
become sober and was going to therapy. He has not defended his behavior on the
family flight.
Both
were among the most elite stars in film when they began dating in 2004, after
co-starring as hitman-and-hitwoman spouses in "Mr. and Mrs.
Smith," and remained atop the Hollywood A-list throughout their
coupling. The star of "Maleficent" and "Lara Croft: Tomb
Raider," Jolie won an Oscar for her performance in 1999’s "Girl,
Interrupted.”
Pitt,
the star of "Fight Club" and "Inglourious
Basterds," thrived as both actor and producer after the split. He won
his own Academy Award for 2019’s “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,” the
crowning achievement in an awards season that some in media framed as a
redemption and brought major public affection for him.
Jolie
kept a less visible profile in the years since the divorce, though she directed
several films and appeared in several more while trying to focus on raising the
children. She has very much returned to the Oscar conversation this year for
her portrayal of the legendary soprano Maria Callas in "Maria."
Connecting
the Dots:
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder
for the Doctors Without Borders.
Jolie/Pitt
Foundation was a funder for the Doctors Without Borders.
Angelina Jolie is
a co-founder for the Jolie/Pitt Foundation and was a director
at the Millennium Promise.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Millennium Promise.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and an advisory board
member for the Earth Institute (think tank).
Jeffrey D. Sachs is
a director at the Millennium Promise, a director, Center for
Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute (think tank) and a
frequent contributor for MSNBC.
Countdown
with Keith Olbermann is an MSNBC.
Keith Olbermann
was the host for Countdown with Keith Olbermann and is a writer
for GQ.
Harold E. Ford Jr. is
a political commentator at MSNBC and was an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the International Rescue Committee and the Robin Hood Foundation.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
John F. Kennedy
Jr. was a director at the Robin Hood Foundation and the
Sexiest Man Alive in 1988 for People magazine.
People is
a Time Inc. publication.
David
Geithner is the SVP for Time Inc. and Timothy F.
Geithner’s brother.
Timothy
F. Geithner is David Geithner’s brother, was the
treasury secretary for the Barack Obama administration and an
overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the International Rescue Committee.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Harold E. Ford Jr.
was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and is a
political commentator at MSNBC.
Countdown
with Keith Olbermann is an MSNBC.
Jeffrey D. Sachs is
a frequent contributor for MSNBC, a director, Center for
Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute (think tank) and a
director at the Millennium Promise.
George Soros was an advisory board member for
the Earth Institute (think tank) and the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Millennium Promise.
Angelina Jolie was
a director at the Millennium Promise and is a co-founder for
the Jolie/Pitt Foundation.
Jolie/Pitt
Foundation was a funder for the Doctors Without Borders.
Open Society Foundations was a funder
for the Doctors Without Borders.
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations.
Resources:
Past Research
Smaller
Bites – Connecting the Dots: The Hollywood Reporter, Angelina Jolie, Jolie/Pitt
Foundation & Soros Funding, All Networking (Past
Research on Angelina Jolie & Jolie/Pitt Foundation)
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https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/11/smaller-bites-connecting-dots-hollywood.html
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