Angelina Jolie is ending her authorized battle towards the Department of Justice and FBI over paperwork related to the alleged 2016 airplane incident involving her then-husband Brad Pitt.
Under the nameless “Jane Doe,” Jolie, 49, had requested in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 2021 that FBI paperwork concerning the incident be launched to her. Court paperwork obtained by PEOPLE point out the Maria star dropped the case on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
The extremely redacted paperwork Jolie had been pursuing detailed an allegedly drunken altercation on Sept. 14, 2016, between Pitt, 60, and his then-wife — which got here days earlier than Jolie filed for divorce, ending a relationship that started in 2005.
They’ve since undergone a contentious authorized battle over funds and custody of their children Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
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Their kids had been reportedly current for the alleged battle on a non-public airplane that had brought on the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services and FBI to examine Pitt. A supply stated on the time that Pitt turned “verbally abusive” and “physical” with one in every of their children, which he denied. Later in 2016, the FBI closed its investigation with no fees towards Pitt and DCFS additionally concluded its investigation, concluding no findings of abuse.
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Amid the continuing authorized battle over their French winery Château Miraval and wine firm, Jolie responded to a 2022 lawsuit from her ex with particulars of the alleged incident, together with that Pitt had “choked one of the children and struck another in the face.” A supply shut to Pitt informed PEOPLE on the time, “It's extremely unhappy that she continues to rehash, revise and reimagine her description of an occasion that occurred 6 years in the past, including in fully unfaithful info.”
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When Politico reported the FOIA case in 2022, legal professional Amanda Kramer informed 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 paperwork — added on 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 didn't reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.
