Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's legal battle continues to heat up after the latter claimed there were more instances of abuse other than their altercation on the plane that led to their separation.

Earlier this week, Jolie's lawyers claimed in their new filings that Pitt had a history of abuse before their 2016 fight during a flight from France to Los Angeles with their kids. In the new motion, the "Maleficent" star's legal counsel seeks to release communications they claim would prove Pitt would not allow his ex-wife to sell her share in their winery business unless she agreed to sign a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) that was allegedly "more onerous" and "expansive," Variety reported.

On Friday, Pitt fired back at Jolie by filing a motion asking the latter to disclose her other NDAs with third parties, including her staff. The "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" actor wanted to know if his ex gagged her staff.

Oscar-nominated actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the 81st Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California on February 22, 2009.
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"If Jolie conditioned her continued employment of an individual on that individual's agreement to an NDA covering what they witnessed in her home -- including her treatment of her children and Pitt -- that would be highly probative of whether she truly believed the provision requested by Pitt was an 'unconscionable gag order,'" Pitt's lawyer John Berlinski said in the legal papers obtained by Page Six.

"The same is true with respect to any NDA between Jolie and any third party with whom she is in a relationship or who has assisted with the care of the couple's children."

Pitt's legal counsel continued, "To the extent that Jolie requested this third party's silence about her family or homelife, particularly in a circumstance where there was no business justification, it would speak volumes about whether Jolie actually viewed Pitt's requested NDA, which was linked to the Miraval business, as the deal-ender she subsequently alleged it to be."


Jolie's lawyer, Paul Murphy, reacted to Pitt's latest legal move. He told Page Six that Pitt was allegedly equating common NDAs with confidential information employees witnessed at work as an attempt to "cover up his history of abuse." The attorney called the move "frankly shameful."

Meanwhile, one anonymous source recently claimed that Pitt and Jolie's daughter, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, wanted her parents to be amicable following their separation. Although some of her siblings were very open to supporting their mom, Pitt and Jolie's eldest biological child reportedly wanted their family to be "whole and happy again."

"[Shiloh] loves both her parents, and while she understands things will always be different, her dream is to see them become friends," the anonymous insider told Life & Style.


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