Brad Pitt ‘choked’ our child and ‘grabbed’ me by the head, Angelina Jolie claims 

rad Pitt allegedly “choked” one of his children and “grabbed” Angelina Jolie by the head, his ex-wife has claimed as she disclosed details of their infamous 2016 plane flight for the first time. 

n a court filing in Los Angeles, Jolie, 47, claimed Pitt, 58, became angry and abusive during the private plane flight from France to California after accusing the actress of being “too deferential” to their six children.

“Pitt grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her... before pushing her into the bathroom wall,” the filing states.

When one of the children came to Jolie’s defence, Pitt lunged at the child, Jolie's lawyers state in the filing.

Pitt “choked one of the children and struck another in the face”, during the altercation, the filing said.

“At one point, he poured beer on Jolie; at another, he poured beer and red wine on the children,” it stated.

Jolie filed for divorce days after the September 2016 flight.

Pitt’s lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but sources close to the actor have emphatically denied he was physically abusive in previous press reports of the flight.

At the time, an FBI report into the incident concluded that the parties involved had decided not to pursue criminal charges, according to US media.

Jolie said she felt forced to “publicly defend herself” for the first time after her ex-husband filed a lawsuit “seeking to reassert control over Jolie’s financial life”.