Damn. We’ve heard some of this before. But in its entirety it really is a portrait of an abusive father. Even if it was just this one incident, if it went down like this, Brad Pitt should be begging the forgiveness of Angelina Jolie, their kids, and film audiences everywhere.

Yes, this is once again about the infamous plane incident.

As Perezcious readers know, the Hollywood power couple’s much-publicized love story crashed to the ground in a mid-air collision in 2016. On that September day Brad was allegedly physically and verbally abusive towards Angelina and their six children. The Fight Club star was never charged, but she never looked at him the same. Their marriage ended, and his kids have pretty much been done with him since. But what exactly happened?

OK, so basically ever since their divorce battle began, the couple have been in a protracted legal battle over a French vineyard they co-owned, Château Miraval. In their non-stop legal filings, pretty much all their dirty laundry has been aired. At one point that included a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in which Angie demanded the FBI‘s investigation documents. She claimed he should have been charged, but they decided not to — presumably because the case would be too high profile? And it was just easier not to get involved in a media circus? We’re not sure exactly why the Tomb Raider alum thinks they didn’t book him, but she has long tried to get it all out in the open. And this time she’s made her biggest leap forward…

See, Brad has always denied any abuse. But if he ever admitted to it, that’s going to have to come out. Angie’s legal team demanded he release to her any “private, third-party communications” made in the months following the incident. And now the judge in the case has now ruled he has to! The ruling was apparently made on November 25 by Judge Lia Martin, but it was just made public on Monday. The goal is to find proof he tried to get her to sign an NDA to keep silent about the abuse. But anything he said about the abuse in texts and emails to anyone? The allegations may have been out there for some time… but more proof than ever may be coming.

What are we talking about? What could be confirmed? Here’s the whole story, as much as we’ve seen come out publicly…

Most of this information was first made public about two years ago, though in a redacted state. Angelina’s 2022 legal filing describes the abusive day in terrible detail. And it’s just resurfaced, posted apparently in full to Reddit over the long weekend. We’ll also compared it to the aspects of the FBI report that have been come out. Brace yourselves, this is rough stuff — and it may change how you view one of your favorite movie stars forever.