The nasty divorce case of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has taken another dramatic turn. Jolie’s legal team recently asked for a new judge in the case, which has been pending for four years. Pitt’s lawyers have now fired back with their own reaction. Meanwhile, the couple’s six children have not seen their grandparents since the split between Pitt and Jolie.
Angelina Jolie’s lawyer says all she wants is a ‘fair trial based on facts’
According to Us Weekly, Jolie’s legal team filed legal documents in Superior Court in Los Angeles on Monday, August 10th. The submission was a request for the removal of Judge John W. Ouderkirk, who hired the couple to preside over their case.
Jolie’s attorney Samantha Bley DeJean claims Judge Ouderkirk “did not disclose” that he has a professional relationship with members of Pitt’s legal team.
“All my client asks is an honest trial, based on facts, with no special benefits extended on either side. The only way litigants can trust the process is for everyone involved to ensure transparency and impartiality, ”said DeJean.
Pitt’s legal team called his ex’s request a ‘late’ and ‘thin paint attempt’ to drag the case out even longer. They found that Pitt and Jolie had a “well-documented history” with Judge Ouderkirk. Jolie “selected him” by hand to preside over the couple’s wedding in 2014.
Pitt also pointed out that until recently, Jolie never objected to Ouderkirk.
Brad Pitt says Jolie’s last submission hurts her six children
In their response, Pitt’s legal team said that the Tomb Raider star’s “abrupt cry of judicial bias series of mistrust and despair.”
They also accused Jolie’s lawyers of an invisible violation of the procedural rules that were intended to “expose legitimate conflict with judicial officers.”
Pitt’s submission states that the persons most affected are their children.
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Pitt and Jolie are the parents of Maddox, 19, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, Vivienne, 12, and Knox, 12. Pitt’s legal team claimed that Jolie’s request to remove the judge was denied. must be. He said Jolie’s latest submission means the children will continue to have a final resolution on the custody issue.
DeJean called out Pitt’s legal team for answers on the submission before Judge Ouderkirk did. She says the move was “sad”. And the only conclusion is that Pitt is trying to “obstruct or influence” Judge Ouderkirk’s answer.
The Jolie-Pitt children have not seen their grandparents since 2016
A new report from The Sun claims that Pitt’s parents William and Jane have not seen their grandparents since Pitt and Jolie split in September 2016. An insider thought the former couple would take the children to visit Pitt’s parents regularly when they were together .
‘The children would riot. The Pitts have an enormous backyard and they would go sledding in the winter and have campfires in the summer, ‘the source revealed.
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The insider admitted that “as far as they know”, William and Jane have not visited their grandchildren in four years due to tensions with Jolie. She explained that Jane is a “Christian conservative who once struck up gay marriage.” While Jolie is a “liberal who has dated women.”
The insider said it was never a ‘recipe for friendship’. However, no one thought things would turn out that way. Jane recently celebrated her 80th birthday at the beach house of her Oscar-winning son in Goleta, California. However, the Jolie-Pitt children were not to be found in the photos.
Jolie and Pitt’s conservation case is scheduled to begin in October.
