Angelina Jolie sparks speculation she's SUING FBI as anonymous Jane Doe to find out why they didn't press charges against Brad Pitt after 2016 private jet 'altercation' between star's ex-husband and her eldest son Maddox
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 April 2022 10:23
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Angelina Jolie has sparked speculation that she is suing the FBI to find out why its agents declined to charge Brad Pitt over a 2016 private jet altercation he had with her eldest son Maddow. The new lawsuit, filed by an anonymous Jane Doe, alleges the investigative bureau denied the plaintiff access to records pertaining to an investigation allegations that the woman's 'then-husband … physically and verbally assaulted' her and their children while traveling on a private plane 'several years ago.' In 2016, soon after Jolie filed for divorce, it was revealed that Pitt was being investigated by the FBI and Los Angeles social services amid reports he got 'verbally abusive and physical with his children' on a private jet traveling from France to the USA.Investigators cleared Pitt, 58, of the abuse allegations, stating he had not committed child abuse when he got into a fight with Jolie-Pitt, then 15, aboard the jet. It has now been speculated that Jolie may be the woman who is suing, although a source close to her and Pitt told TMZ were given the full FBI report during their divorce. The suit alleges Jane Doe has filed numerous requests for a copy of the department's investigative file in hopes of 'better understanding the FBI's investigation and obtaining information necessary for her children to receive medical care and trauma counseling'. High-profile attorney Amanda Kramer, who is representing the plaintiff, told Politico her client filed the suit anonymously 'preserve the family’s privacy.' Representatives for Jolie, 46, did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment. The filing alleges the woman's children have 'experienced lasting physical and mental trauma' after being 'verbally and physically' assaulted by her then-husband while flying on a private plane. The plaintiff claims the FBI launched an investigation into the incident and 'without advance notice' to her or her children, 'publicly announced it was closing its investigation of the incident without further action'.The woman filed several FOIA requests with the bureau, hoping to better understand why they opted not to take action against her husband, according to the filing.She has accused the agency of not only failing to provide her with the requested documents, but also claims the FBI's responses to her requests are 'legally insufficient'. The woman, who does not appear to have filed a formal lawsuit yet, had requested that she be permitted to proceed with the case under a pseudonym and to have it sealed. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell reportedly signed off on the request this week.'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 told the media outlet after declining to disclose the plaintiff's identity.'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. Legislative remedies are necessary.'
Speculation arose that Jolie may be Jane Doe due to the similarities between the filing and the accusations the actress had previously made against Pitt.However, a source connected to the former couple told TMZ Tuesday that both Pitt and Jolie received a copy of the FBI's report following the initial investigation into the plane incident. The source also claimed the information in the report was submitted during the couple's divorce case.The FBI did not respond to DailyMail.com's inquiry about the suit. In September 2016, the actress alleged Pitt and and their son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, got into an argument on the family plane.Witnesses, at the time, alleged the confrontation between the Hollywood star and his teenage son escalated to the point that Pitt struck the boy - 'intentionally or inadvertently'.The bystanders claimed Pitt then drove around the tarmac in a fuel truck, but returned to the plane soon after and the group departed for Los Angeles.Shortly after the alleged incident, an anonymous source called in an complaint to LA County Department of Children and Family Services, alleging that Pitt had demonstrated both physical and verbal abuse.Social workers interviewed Pitt, Jolie, their children and witnesses on the plane before determining there was no case to answer and closing their investigation. Days after the alleged plane incident, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt and asked for full custody of their kids.Once DCFS cleared him of the abuse allegations, Pitt formally responded to his ex's petition stating his intent to seek joint custody of their brood.In 2021, amid the couple's divorce and custody battle, a source close to the family said Jolie had 'made similar allegations in the past which were investigated by the authorities and not substantiated.'The source called the accusation of abuse on the private jet her 'latest sad and desperate attempt to advance a false narrative at any cost.' The powerhouse stars met on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2005 and after dating for a decade they tied the knot in September 2014.They have six children together: Maddox, 20, Pax, 18, Zahara, 17, Shiloh, 15, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 13.Jolie adopted Maddox in 2002, then Zahara in 2005, a year after she'd met Pitt while the pair filmed Mr and Mrs Smith. He was married to Jennifer Aniston at the time.They then adopted Pax together in 2007, and had biological kids Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne afterwards. Pitt adopted all of the kids before they got married in 2014. Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, prompting a long legal battle. Maddox Jolie-Pitt, then 19, testified against his father during the couple's contentious divorce and custody battle - offering a 'not very flattering' opinion about the actor. A source also revealed during the proceeding that Jolie-Pitt wanted to legally remove 'Pitt' from his name, something his mother 'doesn't support.'
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Gwen Stefani shares she was up for the role Angelina Jolie landed opposite Brad Pitt in the 2005 film Mr And Mrs Smith: 'She beat me!'
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- Published on Thursday, 07 April 2022 03:44
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Gwen Stefani wanted to take a stab at acting almost 20 years ago.So the No Doubt singer went in for auditions, she told Ellen on Wednesday, and one of them was for the starring role opposite Brad Pitt in the 2005 action movie Mr And Mrs Smith.But the blonde beauty - who is now 52-years-old - lost out to Angelina Jolie, who landed the role after Nicole Kidman dropped out.When Ellen asked Gwen what movie role she did not get, the siren said: 'Mr And Mrs Smith, Angelina beat me.'This is not the first time Gwen has talked about losing Mr And Mrs Smith to Jolie.In 2016 she told Howard Stern: 'I feel like I almost got it. I went to a bunch [of auditions]. [It was] very competitive and I wanted to do it, but I wanted to do music more.'And in 2008 she told Vogue magazine: 'It was between me and Angelina Jolie, and I'm like, "Oh, great. I got a shot here." The whole acting thing really feels like something I could do. Whenever I've done it, whenever I had moments where it works, it's just like performing. You hit a moment. And that's what movies are: a series of moments.'Brad and Angelina co-starred in the movie Mr And Mrs Smith and started dating after the film wrapped. They ended up raising six kids together, Maddox, 20, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and 13-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.They got married in 2014 and she filed for divorce in 2016. Their divorce was finalized in 2019. Stefani has done some acting in the past: she popped up on Dawson's Creek in 2002, played Jean Harlow in the 2004 film The Aviator, was on Gossip Girl in 2009, and voiced DJ Suki in the 2016 film Trolls.The singer was promoting her new makeup line on Wednesday's episode of Ellen.Stefani said she was thinking about Ellen lately, because she's, 'ending a chapter' of her life, with her long-running talk show coming to a close this year.'I know that feeling. I ended Vegas after two years and I know the feeling of you love something so much but you're ready for the next chapter,' Stefani said.
Ellen brought up one of her past appearance, before she got married to Blake, where she told the host she would be her maid of honor, with Ellen simply asking, 'What happened?' 'COVID,' Stefani explained. 'It got really small. I had this fantasy of building like bleachers, but it got smaller and smaller, and as you know, the Lord works in mysterious ways.''It was the perfect amount of people. It was so intimate. It was so exactly what it needed to be,' she said, adding that the, 'marriage itself is just so fun.'She added that she is, 'so into it,' and she, 'feels very blessed,' as Ellen added that they could tell, 'you two just clicked.''He's my best friend. We just have so much fun,' Stefani enthused, as Ellen mentioned that Blake is back home on the ranch, 'literally tilling the soil.''He literally texted me an hour ago. He flew home today. We are doing a major - when we do things, we go big. We're doing major gardening,' she said.'We're talking about daffodils, we're talking about like tulips. We did all the bulbs, now we're doing wildflower seeds, now we're doing xenias. So I sent him home to figure out how to till all the land and dig a well,' she added.When Ellen asked if Blake is doing this all himself, Gwen said he has, 'one guy' but that Blake is, 'literally on the tractor turning the dirt for me when I get there.' She admitted, 'I personally like it when people do things for me... a lot. I'm from Anaheim, California and I'm lazy like that, but he actually likes to do it himself.'Stefani was struck by the fact that she was there to talk about her makeup line and she was talking about planting seeds because, 'it's such a huge thing in my life.''I think about all the different seeds that were planted in my life, these seeds of faith, the seeds of these wild ideas I had that actually came true, and even the one to fall in love with Blake. It's crazy because now I'm gonna go back there and plant so many flowers and they're gonna bloom, it's so exciting,' she admitted. She also played Burning Questions with Ellen, revealing that 'everything' she does embarrasses her kids, the weirdest rumor about her was that she was actually a man, that Blake's nickname for her is Pretty Girl and her nickname for him is Blakey.
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Angelina Jolie visits Ukrainian child refugees at the Vatican’s children hospital who have arrived in Italy after fleeing Putin’s bombs
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- Published on Saturday, 02 April 2022 17:18
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Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie put aside time from her glamorous life producing, directing and sometimes acting in movies to carry out humanitarian aid work in in Rome.Jolie, who was raised a Catholic and dedicates much of her time to doing work for the United Nations Refugee Agency, paid a visit to the Bambino Gesu pediatric hospital just outside the walls of Vatican City on March 30. Here she met Ukranian children who had arrived in Italy after fleeing the war in their home country, some of whom are very sick.The children had been forced to flee their homes and country when Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Unicef estimates that two million child refugees have left Ukraine since the start of the war, with a further 2.5 million displaced internally and 60% of Ukrainian children forced to leave their homes.Jolie also met the doctors and nurses who have been charged with taking care of the refugees.The star of the recent Marvel movie Eternals received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her humanitarian work in 2013 and has been a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees since 2012, undertaking dozens of trips to visit camps with refugees from countries such as Yemen, Burkina Faso, Venezuela and many more.
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Angelina Jolie looks effortlessly chic in figure hugging dress and long black coat as she gets caught in rain in Rome
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- Published on Thursday, 31 March 2022 06:55
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She's known for her fantastic sense of style.And Wednesday was no exception as Angelina Jolie cut an elegant figure as she got caught in the rain in Rome, Italy. The 46-year-old looked stunning in a figure hugging wool dress, with a chic boat neck. The gorgeous slate ensemble clung to the Tomb Raider stars fantastic figure, falling just above the knee. Wrapping up from the bad weather the Oscar winner wore an oversized black coat with extenuated collar and button detail. The Maleficent Actress enjoyed a personal tour of ancient buildings on a rare outing without any of her and ex-husband Brad Pitt's six children.Accessorising the look with a simple gold anklet and a pair of smart pointed fawn heels.Her guide held out a black umbrella for the star, as they both wore face masks, making their way through the heavy rain.Her outing comes after appearing on NBC Nightly News last week to talk about the recently renewed Violence Against Women Act.On the segment, she spoke to Kate Snow about how the law's passing was 'a long time coming' as the system currently in place to protect survivors is 'unbelievably broken' and needs serious reform 'I think, I think this country doesn't recognise what a serious domestic violence and child abuse problem it really has,' she said. 'And I think, I think there is a reality that when somebody harms a child, if it's a stranger, the way the law looks at it, the way the law responds, it's quite strong.' 'When it's somebody within a family, within a home, it is responded to less. And if you can imagine for the child in fact, that's, that's in many ways worse.'She added: 'I think once you're exposed to this system, whoever you are, once you're exposed to it and you realize how unbelievably broken this system is, you have to do something to improve it.' Jolie said the bill was 'personal to everyone' and has had her own experience with the family court system after accusing her former spouse of verbally and physically assaulting one of their six kids on a private plane in 2016.'It is personal to everyone,' Jolie said. 'Everyone who cares about family, everyone who cares about children, everyone who cares about their own safety and the health of their community.'He was cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation by both the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and the FBI.'My children's health is my priority at this moment,' she added. 'And my focus for the last few years has been to help my family and … to focus on helping change laws to protect other families and other women and focus on their stories.' Angelina and Brad began dating in 2004 after meeting on set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and married in 2014.She filed for divorce two years later, though, in 2016 citing 'irreconcilable differences' and it was finalised in 2019.They've continued battling in court for custody of four of their six children who are still legally minors, and a host of properties acquired throughout their marriage.Ruth Glenn of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Glenn spoke about the significance of the reauthorization, saying, 'Many, many survivors who have not had their needs addressed previously will now have their needs addressed.'In addition to funding for Pell Grants and other programs, the act was also part of a bill which provided billions in emergency aid to Ukraine.
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Angelina Jolie looks classy in a long black coat and nude heels as she arrives at the Cara Hotel in Los Feliz
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- Published on Monday, 28 March 2022 07:06
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Angelina Jolie was the epitome of chic in a long black coat while arriving to the Cara Hotel in Los Feliz, located just south of Griffith Park, on Friday.While strutting into the upscale property, known for its stunning courtyard surrounded by 100-year-old olive trees and California palms, the 46-year-old actress wore a protective N95 respirator mask and nude pumps.Her long, glossy brown hair cascaded in loose curls past her shoulders as she made her way toward the entrance flanked by a muscular bodyguard.The Maleficent star carried her essentials in a sleek black leather handbag on a rare outing without any of her and ex-husband Brad Pitt's six children.Her outing comes after appearing on NBC Nightly News last week to talk about the recently renewed Violence Against Women Act. On the segment, she spoke to Kate Snow about how the law's passing was 'a long time coming' as the system currently in place to protect survivors is 'unbelievably broken' and needs serious reform.'I think, I think this country doesn't recognize what a serious domestic violence and child abuse problem it really has,' she said. 'And I think, I think there is a reality that when somebody harms a child, if it's a stranger, the way the law looks at it, the way the law responds, it's quite strong.' 'When it's somebody within a family, within a home, it is responded to less. And if you can imagine for the child in fact, that's, that's in many ways worse.' She added: 'I think once you're exposed to this system, whoever you are, once you're exposed to it and you realize how unbelievably broken this system is, you have to do something to improve it.'Jolie said the bill was 'personal to everyone' and has had her own experience with the family court system after accusing her former spouse of verbally and physically assaulting one of their six kids on a private plane in 2016. 'It is personal to everyone,' Jolie said. 'Everyone who cares about family, everyone who cares about children, everyone who cares about their own safety and the health of their community.' He was cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation by both the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and the FBI. 'My children's health is my priority at this moment,' she added. 'And my focus for the last few years has been to help my family and … to focus on helping change laws to protect other families and other women and focus on their stories.'Angelina and Brad began dating in 2004 after meeting on set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and married in 2014. She filed for divorce two years later, though, in 2016 citing 'irreconcilable differences' and it was finalized in 2019. They've continued battling in court for custody of four of their six children who are still legally minors, and a host of properties acquired throughout their marriage. Ruth Glenn of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Glenn spoke about the significance of the reauthorization, saying, 'Many, many survivors who have not had their needs addressed previously will now have their needs addressed.' In addition to funding for Pell Grants and other programs, the act was also part of a bill which provided billions in emergency aid to Ukraine.
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