2 years of marriage, 8 years of legal battle, finally billionaire actor Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie separated

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Hollywood industry’s most famous couple, actor Brad Pitt and actress Angelina Jolie, have got divorced after a long legal battle that lasted for about eight years. Both of them started dating each other in 2005. They got married in 2014. Both of them have 6 children. Out of which Angelina has adopted 3 children.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the “Cinema for Peace 2012” charity gala during the 62nd Berlinale film festival in Berlin February 13, 2012. REUTERS/Andreas Rentz/Pool (GERMANY – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) SOCIETY) – GM1E82E0GD501

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The couple filed a petition in the court in 2016 to end their marriage, but due to some agreements, their divorce could not be finalized in the long legal process. The court declared both of them single in 2019. But this divorce was completely confirmed in the year 2024.

Actor Brad Pitt and actress Angelina Jolie arrive at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Califronia, on January 25, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD / AFP)

Angelina’s lawyer James Simon told the Associated Press (AP) news agency that his client is now at peace after the grueling divorce case.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce is one of the longest divorce cases in the Hollywood industry. James said, ‘About eight years ago, Angelina filed a divorce case against Pitt.’

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‘She and her children have let go of everything they shared with Pitt and have since taken steps to find peace and heal the family. However, this is just one part of a long process that began nearly eight years ago

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James further said, ‘In fact, Angelina is tired of it but she is relieved that this part is over now.’ The reason for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce was said to be a fight that started in their private jet.

Hollywood star Brad Pitt carries adopted son Maddox as Angelina Jolie carries adopted daughter Zahara during their stroll outside their hotel in Mumbai November 12, 2006. REUTERS/Prashanth Vishwanathan (INDIA) – GM1DTXSTDWAA

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Angelina filed a divorce case against Brad Pitt in 2016 in which she said that Brad Pitt misbehaved with her and the children when they were on their plane on a Europe trip. Brad abused Angelina at that time, beat her, and also abused the children. Seeing all this, Angelina decided to take a divorce.

(FILES): This September 18, 2007 file photo shows US actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arriving for the US premiere of “The Assassination of Jesse James”, starring Pitt as the US outlaw-cum-legend, in New York. Megastar couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their four children have traveled to the south of France where they will stay for some time, People magazine reported online April 30, 2008. It cited an unidentified source who said Jolie, who is newly pregnant, arrived in Nice late April 27, 2008 with her family, two nannies and three bodyguards and then drove to a seaside villa in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, on the cote d’Azur. Although gossip columns say Jolie is pregnant with twins and plans to give birth in France, People magazine made no reference to the rumors. Jolie, 32, and Pitt, 44, are adoptive parents of Maddox, six, from Cambodia; Pax, four, from Vietnam, and Zahara, three, from Ethiopia. Their first birth daughter, Shiloh, was born May 2006 in Namibia. AFP PHOTO / FILES / Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)

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But after ending their relationship, a settlement regarding their 6 children and property was yet to be made. Which has now been completed in the year 2024. The couple has kept all the details of their settlement private. They had hired a private judge for this.