Angelina Jolie Drops Case Seeking FBI Documents About Alleged 2016 Plane Incident with Brad Pitt

Mar. 15, 2025

Angelina Jolie on June 16; Brad Pitt on Feb. 8.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Rebecca Sapp/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Rebecca Sapp/Getty

Angelina Jolieis ending her legal battle against the Department of Justice and FBI over documents connected to the alleged2016 plane incidentinvolving her then-husbandBrad Pitt.

The highly redacteddocuments Jolie had been pursuingdetailed an allegedly drunken altercation on Sept. 14, 2016, between Pitt, 60, and his then-wife — which came days beforeJolie filed for divorce, ending a relationship that began in 2005.

They’ve since undergone a contentious legal battle over finances and custody oftheir kidsMaddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in 2012.Jason Merritt/Getty

Jason Merritt/Getty

Their children were reportedly present for the alleged conflict on a private plane that had caused the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services and FBI to investigate Pitt. A source said at the time that Pitt became “verbally abusive” and “physical” with one of their kids, which he denied. Later in 2016, the FBI closed its investigation with no charges against Pitt and DCFS also concluded its investigation, concludingno findings of abuse.

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Amid the ongoing legal battle over their Frenchvineyard Château Miravaland wine company, Jolie responded to a 2022lawsuitfrom her ex withdetails of the alleged incident, including that Pitt had “choked one of the children and struck another in the face.” A source close to Pitt told PEOPLE at the time, “It’s incredibly sad that she continues to rehash, revise and reimagine her description of an event that happened 6 years ago, adding in completely untrue information.”

(Left-right:) Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Knox Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt and Zahara Jolie-Pitt in 2021.Emma McIntyre/WireImage

WhenPolitico reportedthe FOIA case in 2022, attorney Amanda Kramer told the outlet, “I’m unable to comment on the identity of Jane Doe, who has sought to preserve the family’s privacy. Our position is that victims and survivors should be able to access federal agency records of crimes they experienced or reported, as is common at the state level, so they can advocate for help and trauma care and legal protection for their children and themselves.”

Kramer — who submitted the Sept. 25 documents — added at the time, “Our client has been seeking such records for years and has been stonewalled and has had to resort to court action to receive those much-needed records.”

Reps for Jolie and Pitt did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

source: people.com