Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a settlement in their divorce, ending a bitter eight-year legal battle.
The Hollywood duo officially signed off on the divorce paperwork on Monday, December 30.
Divorce Lawyer James Simon told DailyMail.com Jolie, 49, is ‘relieved this one part is over.’
‘Frankly, Angelina is exhausted,’ he said.
‘More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family.’
Jolie and Pitt have agreed to a settlement conference or mediation session and requested a jury trial, estimated to last 10-15 days.
A source with knowledge of the situation added Jolie has ‘been trying hard to be light after a dark time.’
‘She doesn’t speak ill of him publicly or privately,’ the insider said.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a settlement in their divorce, ending a bitter eight-year legal battle
‘The kids have grown up seeing that some people have so much power and privilege that their voices don’t matter. Their pain doesn’t count.
‘They have wanted her to speak up for herself, to defend herself over these years but she reminds them to focus on changing laws over telling public stories.’
Jolie filed to end the marriage in September of 2016, just two years after tying the knot.
It has since been alleged that the couple and their six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox, had taken a private plane days prior to her filing in which Pitt had become physically abusive.
He was never charged.
One insider told DailyMail.com ‘she could have pressed charged against him.
‘She could have told the world what happened, she didn’t. All she wanted was for their children to get the support they needed to heal.
‘Pitt successfully used his power and his privilege to cover up his conduct at his family’s expense and even attempted to paint her as the reason why his relationship is so challenging with the children.’
Despite the ongoing legal battle, Jolie and Pitt were deemed legally single in 2019.
Pitt, now 61, has been dating Los Angeles based jewelry designer Ines de Ramon, 34, for almost two years.
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