Angelina Jolie accused Brad Pitt of physically assaulting two of his childrenas well as pouring beer and wine on them, during an argument about a private plane that left France for California, United States, in mid-2016.

The allegation of abuse appears in the official counterclaim documents that the actress filed this Tuesday in a Los Angeles court against her ex-husband, in the midst of the legal battle for $ 250 million they keep over the sale of their old French winery, named Château Miraval, as advanced New York Times.

“Pitt choked on one of the children and punched another in the face. Some of the children pleaded with him to stop. They were all scared. Many have cried “, the document details.

As he pointed out, this situation was the consequence of an argument they both had, in which the actor would “hit and shake” Jolie’s head, who then “grabbed her by the shoulders, shook her. again and threw it against the bathroom wall. ”

“When one of the children verbally defended Jolie, Pitt lunged at his son and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him. To get Jolie off, Pitt threw himself backwards against the seats, injuring Jolie in the back and elbow, “continues the legal document on the incident in which the couple’s six children were present, three biological and three others. adopted.

Then, “Pitt choked one of the children and punched the other in the face,” while “some of the children, who were scared and cryingthey asked him to stop. “At one point, the actor even” poured beer on Jolie and also he poured beer and red wine on the children“, as the cause claims.

According to Jolie’s attorneys, the officers investigating the case had “good reason to charge Pitt with a federal felony for his conduct.” That alleged flight dispute caused her to file for divorce after eleven years of relationship and two years of marriage.

The counterclaim filed on Tuesday responds to an earlier lawsuit Pitt had filed against his ex-wife over the sale of his stake in the winery, which they had acquired a decade earlier from a Stoli Group subsidiary, without his consent.

According to Jolie’s account, the actor asked her to sign an agreement not to reveal details about “the physical and emotional abuse“Towards her and her children, which has not been accepted and has motivated the total distance and the legal battle they currently have.

The legal battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for a winery

Angelina Jolie sued Brad Pitt in mid-September, demanding compensation 250 million dollarsfor the damage allegedly caused in connection with the wine-making activities they both shared in France, CNN reported.

The cause of the actress comes after Pitt, of which divorced six years agosued her for deliberately damaging the reputation of her winery in France and selling her stake in it to a stranger ».

The couple had acquired the Chateau Miraval vineyard in 2008 for 45 million euroswith his corresponding palace, in Provence (south-eastern France), where they married years later and spent several family holidays with their six children.

In the cross-suit filed this week by the actress, which CNN had access to, Jolie accused ex-husband Brad Pitt of “wage a vengeful war against her “ and to “hijack” control of the profitable warehouse business they once shared.

With information from AFP and EFE.

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