Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, once Tinseltown's highest profile couple, remain locked in a custody battle over their six children
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, once Tinseltown's highest profile couple, remain locked in a custody battle over their six children AFP / Robyn BECK

KEY POINTS

  • Brad Pitt has owned up to everything he's responsible for from day one, according to his lawyer
  • Anne Kiley added that Pitt will not own up to things he didn't do following Angelina Jolie's new allegations
  • Pitt's lawyer was thankful that public authorities made independent decisions on the matter

Brad Pitt's lawyer released a statement after Angelina Jolie's latest allegations against him.

The "Maleficent" star made fresh accusations against her ex-husband in her latest court filing. She alleged that Pitt choked one of their kids and struck another on the face during their altercation aboard a private jet in 2016 that led to their separation.

Pitt's lawyer, Anne Kiley, spoke with Page Six on Thursday and responded to Jolie's allegations. According to the attorney, the "Bullet Train" star will not "own anything he didn't do."

"Brad has owned everything he's responsible for from day one — unlike the other side," Kiley told the outlet. "He's not going to own anything he didn't do. He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation."

Her statement continued, "Thankfully, the various public authorities the other side has tried to use against him over the past six years have made their own independent decisions. Brad will continue to respond in court as he has consistently done."

Pitt sued Jolie over the sale of her shares in their winery business, Miraval, without his consent. The "Once Upon a Time" actor stressed that she was trying to gain profits she didn't earn by completing the sale without mutual consent.

He also alleged in his filing in June that she "sought to force Pitt into partnership with a stranger, and worse yet, a stranger with poisonous associations and intentions." Jolie sold her shares to Tenute del Mondo, which was "bent on taking control of Miraval" and was "indirectly owned and controlled by Yuri Shefler, the Russian billionaire who controls the Stoli Group," Pitt's lawyers claimed.

In her new filing, Jolie denied Pitt's allegations, saying it was "false" and "no such agreement ever existed," People reported. She also claimed that she offered her portion to Pitt, but the latter allegedly "demanded" that she sign a non-disclosure agreement, stopping her from "speaking outside of court about Pitt's physical and emotional abuse of her and their children."

"Jolie refused to agree to such a provision, and Pitt walked away from the deal," her lawyers said in the documents.

She also alleged that she had to defend herself from Pitt seeking control over her finances.

"But when Pitt filed this lawsuit seeking to reassert control over Jolie's financial life and compel her to rejoin her ex-husband as a frozen-out business partner, Pitt forced Jolie to publicly defend herself on these issues for the first time," the court paper read.

People noted that Jolie's cross-complaint was a response to Pitt's lawsuit over her selling her interest in their wine company.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt filed to dissolve their marriage in 2016 and have remained locked in court battles since
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt filed to dissolve their marriage in 2016 and have remained locked in court battles since AFP / MARK RALSTON