Angelina Jolie Is ‘Exhausted’ but ‘Relieved’ Her Divorce from Brad Pitt Is Now Over

By:Nigel Taylor

Senior Writer

London,UK

Angelina Jolie is looking forward to putting her divorce from Brad Pitt behind her.

Now that Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 61, have hashed out the terms of their split eight years after they initially broke up, a Jolie source tells PEOPLE, “Angelina is relieved the divorce is finalized.”

Her divorce attorney James Simon of Hersh Mannis said in a statement Dec. 30, “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. This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.”

A rep for Pitt declined to confirm or comment.

The exes are still locked in a bitter battle over the French winery Chateau Miraval, which they used to own together. Pitt originally sued Jolie in 2022 for selling her stake of the business to Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of the Stoli Group.

“Until he ends the Miraval lawsuit, Angelina will continue to stand up to him,” the Jolie source adds.

Pitt has alleged in court that Jolie violated a verbal and written agreement to not sell their stakes in Miraval without both parties’ permission. Jolie has denied that there was ever such an agreement.

Jolie claims she wanted to sell to Pitt, but he demanded she sign an overly restrictive non-disclosure agreement, which would have prevented her from speaking out about his alleged abuse during their relationship. 

Pitt has denied being abusive to Jolie or their six children, the majority of whom have reached legal age: Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

After years of legal back and forth over Miraval, Jolie scored a legal victory in November after a judge in the case ruled that Pitt must disclose documents that Paul Murphy, a lawyer for Jolie, claimed will prove “communications concerning abuse, lies to authorities and years of cover up” on the actor’s part.

Murphy said the information they’re seeking is “crucial evidence” that Pitt has “fought for years to hide.” 

The same month, Pitt also notched his own victory in the winery battle when Jolie’s motions to dismiss the lawsuit were rejected and the case inched closer to trial with potential proof that there was a written agreement between the former couple about selling, which a Pitt source said “demonstrates the legitimacy of his claims.”