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Just found this on Reddit trigger warning abuse

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jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 16:50

Wtf Brad Pitt?! I remember hearing about this but seeing it wrote down in black and white is awful. Those poor kids must’ve been terrified, and to think they was trapped in the sky. Anyone else seen this before ?

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daleylama · 03/07/2025 16:54

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 16:50

Wtf Brad Pitt?! I remember hearing about this but seeing it wrote down in black and white is awful. Those poor kids must’ve been terrified, and to think they was trapped in the sky. Anyone else seen this before ?

Seen what? No link here. This is ancient history to be dragging up again when so much has happened since.

EveryKneeShallBow · 03/07/2025 16:54

What?

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:01

This

Just found this on Reddit trigger warning abuse
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MounjaroMounjaro · 03/07/2025 17:02

I can't read that.

saveforthat · 03/07/2025 17:03

I can't read it either. What's he supposed to have done?

INeedAnotherName · 03/07/2025 17:12

Can't read it, can't even see where it's from. Do you have a link from a reputable source that's also recent?

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:15

daleylama · 03/07/2025 16:54

Seen what? No link here. This is ancient history to be dragging up again when so much has happened since.

What’s happened since?

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jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:16

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/9YEnbKrTti

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heroinechic · 03/07/2025 17:16

Why can’t people read that?

EnjoyingTheArmoire · 03/07/2025 17:20

Bloody hell!

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:23

heroinechic · 03/07/2025 17:16

Why can’t people read that?

I’m not sure ?

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MadKittenWoman · 03/07/2025 17:28

MounjaroMounjaro · 03/07/2025 17:02

I can't read that.

This.

NWL · 03/07/2025 17:30

This isn’t new news.

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:32

Ive copied the text from the screenshot so sorry if it’s all over the place, but for those that can’t read it -

On September 14, 2016. Jolie's marriage came to an end.
On that day, Jolie,
Pitt and their children were flying to Los Angeles from Chateau Miraval.
Throughout the
long, overnight flight, Pitt was physically and emotionally abusive to Jolie and their children who were then between the ages of 8 and 15. After that flight, for her family's well-being, Jolie decided to file for divorce.
18. As documented in a lengthy and detailed FBI report, Pitt's aggressive behavior started even before the family got to the airport, with Pitt having a confrontation with one of the children.
After the flight took off, Jolie approached Pitt and asked him what was wrong
Pitt accused her of being too deferential to the children and verbally attacked her. An hour and a half later, Pitt abruptly walked over to Jolie, demanding, "Come here," and directed her to the back of the plane. He pulled her into the bathroom and began yelling at her. Pitt grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her, and then grabbed her shoulders and shook her again before pushing her into the bathroom wall. Pitt then punched the ceiling of the plane numerous times, prompting Jolie to leave the bathroom. As she exited, one of their children asked, "Are you ok, mommy?" Pitt yelled back, 'No, mommy's not ok" and started deriding Jolie with insults
19. When one of the children verbally defended Jolie, Pitt lunged at his own child
and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him. To get Jolie off his back, Pitt threw himself
PRINTED ON RECHCLED PAPER
CROSS-COMPLAINT OF ANGELINA JOLIE AGAINST WILLIAM B. PITT AND MONDO BONGO backwards into the airplane's seats injuring Jolie's back and elbow. The children rushed in
and all bravely tried to protect each other. Before it was over, Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face. Some of the children pleaded with Pitt to stop
They were all
frightened. Many were crying
20. With nowhere to go and to avoid Pitt's wrath, Jolie and the children sat still and
silent under blankets. Nobody dared to go to the bathroom.
Pitt periodically emerged from
the back of the plane to yell and swear at them. At one point, he poured beer on Jolie, at another, he poured beer and red wine on the children. After many tense hours, Pitt finally fell asleep.
21. Jolie then arranged for separate transportation at the airport. After they landed,
Jolie cautioned the children that no matter what Pitt did, they should not intervene. She then went to wake Pitt up and told him that she and the children were going to a hotel. Pitt once again screamed at her, and pushed her down yet again. He shouted that nobody was getting off the plane and prevented the family from deplaning for about 20 minutes. After a child intervened and demanded to leave, Pitt finally relented. But once outside the plane door, Pitt again physically abused one of their children. He also grabbed and shook Jolie by the head and shoulders, causing one of the children to beg.
• "Don't hurt her." He let Jolie go, but then
called her a "bitch," before adding, "Fuck you, fuck you all." Jolie and the children then left and made it to a hotel. Five days later-on September 19, 2016—Jolie filed for divorce
22. Having been alerted to Pitt's conduct by a third-party witness, the FBI launched
an investigation. After interviewing various witnesses, the FBI agent who conducted the
investigation concluded that the government had probable cause to charge Pitt with a federal crime for his conduct that day, and the agent prepared a probable cause statement for referral to the United States Attorney's Office for prosecution

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roses2 · 03/07/2025 17:38

Wow! Poor Angelina and the kids, why is this just coming out now??

Ihopeyouhavent · 03/07/2025 17:39

Whats the point of this post? What outcome do you want?

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:42

Ihopeyouhavent · 03/07/2025 17:39

Whats the point of this post? What outcome do you want?

well a discussion about how yet another powerful male celebrity has abused yet another woman plus their children ? Is that okay ?

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Tonkerbea · 03/07/2025 17:44

Brad Pitt's PR team must have been working overtime to bury that story. I'd heard rumours of him being verbally abusive on a plane, which is bad enough,but the details in OPs screenshot are harrowing.

How was he cast in that F1 film? He should be a social pariah. Disgusting man.

Tonkerbea · 03/07/2025 17:45

Ihopeyouhavent · 03/07/2025 17:39

Whats the point of this post? What outcome do you want?

Weird post. Why does anything become a topic of discussion on forums? Not defending VAWG are you?

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:54

Tonkerbea · 03/07/2025 17:45

Weird post. Why does anything become a topic of discussion on forums? Not defending VAWG are you?

I know wtf lol why else would anyone post ?

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Firealarm1414 · 03/07/2025 18:07

roses2 · 03/07/2025 17:38

Wow! Poor Angelina and the kids, why is this just coming out now??

It's not just coming out now, its been known about for years, including that report. People just don't seem willing to accept that beloved Brad Pitt might not actually be a good person

Unfashionablyearly · 03/07/2025 18:14

I don't know how to write this because if you take this account at face value, whe he did was horrific and my default position is to believe women.

I have one adopted child and its so intense. Not intense in a way that DH and I would resort to violence but intense to the point of feeling hyper vigilant pretty much all the time.

I could imagine this family environment to be a pressure cooker, and some really unhelpful attachments taking hold.

Throw in all the weirdness fame brings and it seems like a totally unhealthy environment.

Doesn't excuse violence.

AccountCreateUsername · 03/07/2025 18:18

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:23

I’m not sure ?

It’s blurry on my phone but I remember reading details a while ago and I agree, horrific.

FateAmenableToChange · 03/07/2025 18:24

Unsurprising but yes it is shocking and horrible to read the details of that man child attacking his actual children. If this POS is a role for young men explains a lot about the state of many of them today.

FortyElephants · 03/07/2025 18:26

Unfashionablyearly · 03/07/2025 18:14

I don't know how to write this because if you take this account at face value, whe he did was horrific and my default position is to believe women.

I have one adopted child and its so intense. Not intense in a way that DH and I would resort to violence but intense to the point of feeling hyper vigilant pretty much all the time.

I could imagine this family environment to be a pressure cooker, and some really unhelpful attachments taking hold.

Throw in all the weirdness fame brings and it seems like a totally unhealthy environment.

Doesn't excuse violence.

Also not excusing his behaviour by any means, but there is something very wrong with the American adoption system where a rich woman can baby shop from different countries and adopt a number of children within a short period none of whom share her ethnic and cultural background. Adding to that three birth children including twins and I agree that the family dynamics must have been far more complex and challenging than the rainbow family propaganda suggests. By no means does that explain or excuse domestic abuse or child abuse, but it's something to consider.