Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have finally closed the book on their divorce after taking over 8 years to hash things out … TMZ has learned.
In new court docs, obtained by TMZ, Angelina signed off on their long-running divorce on Christmas Day and filed the paperwork Monday … with Angie forgoing spousal and family support from Brad. The documents do not include an agreement regarding the former couple’s 6 children together … but only 2 of the children, twins Knox and Vivienne are minors.
Angelina’s lawyer, James Simon tells TMZ … “More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. 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 ex-A-list couple — famously dubbed “Brangelina” in the press — settled their contentious divorce after hinting that the end was near earlier in the year … when their respective legal teams exchanged final financial disclosures — which is something that usually happens shortly before divorcing parties reach a final resolution.
And it’s about time — as Angie filed for divorce all the way back in September 2016, citing irreconcilable differences at the time.
While they were only married for 2 years before splitting — they had been domestic partners for almost 10 years prior to tying the knot … so yeah, they were together a long time.
Brad and Angelina first meet back in 2004 while making the big screen “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” remake. However — as Brad was still married to Jennifer Aniston at the time — the twosome didn’t get together as an official couple until 2005.
Brad quickly moved in with Angie amid news of his separation — eventually welcoming six kids into their family — including Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne.
Shortly after Angie filed for divorce, she accused Brad of physically abusing at least one of his children — although, he always denied the claims and was later cleared by authorities in an investigation. It’s been something Angie has continued to litigate in the years since.
By 2019, the exes were declared legally single by a judge … as their divorce case was dragging on and on. Their divorce proceedings aren’t Brad and Angelina’s only legal drama, however … remember, they’re also in the middle of a nasty lawsuit over their French winery.
BA sued AJ after she sold her share of their winery to a Russian oligarch’s company without his permission, which he said was a no-no. While Brad faced a recent legal win in this case — the situation is far from over … lately, they’ve been going back and forth over NDA claims.
With the divorce now over and done with, ya gotta imagine the winery case might, perhaps, follow suit … at least one would hope, anyway. To be continued …
