Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie became one of Hollywood’s most intensely watched couples after meeting while making Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Their relationship eventually included six children, marriage, and extensive humanitarian work.
The partnership ended in 2016, but the divorce process continued for eight years. A settlement was finally approved at the end of 2024, while a separate legal fight over Château Miraval continued afterward.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Met Filming Together
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie met while filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2004. Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston at the time, which made later scrutiny of the relationship especially intense. Jolie and Pitt did not initially provide a detailed public timeline of when their romance began. By 2005 they were being widely linked, and in 2006 Jolie publicly confirmed she was pregnant with Pitt’s child, ending doubts that they were a couple.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Built Their Family
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie eventually raised six children together. Jolie had adopted Maddox before the relationship and later adopted Zahara; Pitt subsequently adopted both children. Their daughter Shiloh was born in 2006, Pax joined the family through adoption in 2007, and twins Knox and Vivienne were born in 2008. The expanding family became central to their public image, although both parents repeatedly tried to limit their children’s exposure compared with the extraordinary attention surrounding the couple.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Married at Miraval
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie announced their engagement in 2012 after years together. They legally married in August 2014 and held a private wedding at Château Miraval in France, the estate and winery they had purchased together. Their children participated in the ceremony. Miraval later became significant for a very different reason: ownership and the sale of Jolie’s interest eventually became the subject of separate litigation that continued beyond the divorce settlement itself.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Separated in 2016
Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt in September 2016, citing irreconcilable differences. The filing followed an incident aboard a private plane during which Jolie later alleged Pitt behaved abusively toward her and their children. Authorities investigated; Pitt was not criminally charged. Because the former spouses later offered sharply conflicting accounts in court filings, responsible coverage should attribute allegations clearly rather than present either side’s disputed version as an uncontested finding.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Became Legally Single
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie requested a legal procedure allowing their marital status to be separated from unresolved financial and custody issues. A judge declared them legally single in 2019, even though the overall divorce case remained unfinished. That unusual timeline explains why reports sometimes use different dates for their divorce. Their status as spouses ended years before they finally reached the written settlement resolving the remaining divorce issues in late 2024.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Fought Over Miraval
Brad Pitt sued Angelina Jolie in 2022 over the sale of her interest in Château Miraval to a company connected with Stoli Group. Pitt argued that the former couple had agreed neither would sell without the other’s approval. Jolie disputed his claims, and her side raised counterclaims and allegations of its own. The winery litigation became legally separate from the divorce itself and was still generating court disputes in 2026, showing that settlement of the marriage did not resolve every conflict.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Settled Their Divorce
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie signed a divorce settlement at the end of December 2024, and a Los Angeles judge approved it. AP reported that both waived future spousal support, while most other settlement terms remained private. Jolie’s attorney said she was relieved that this part of the process had ended after more than eight years. The agreement closed the formal divorce case, but it did not automatically settle the separate Château Miraval dispute.
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