Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Finally Settle Divorce

Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reached a settlement in their divorce Monday, ending a headline-grabbing legal battle that lasted for more than eight years.

Known affectionately as Brangelina, the supercouple shot to tabloid fame during their decade-long romance—but the pair’s love turned sour in 2016 when they filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.

The acrimonious legal battle over their separation lasted nearly as long as their relationship, something Jolie’s lawyer nodded at in a statement acknowledging the settlement Monday night.

“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’s lawyer James Simon told People magazine in a statement.

“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 representative for Pitt had no comment on the news when approached by the Daily Beast.

The former power couple were first linked while filming the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith, just months after Pitt and his then-wife, Jennifer Aniston, had announced their own divorce. Paparazzi photos of Pitt with Jolie and her son, Maddox, on a beach in Kenya were published on the cover of US Weekly in April 2005, which many in the entertainment press took as proof of their relationship.

They were dubbed Brangelina and quickly became one of the first true supercouples to rule Hollywood in an era before social media and streaming.

The pair wouldn’t go public, however, until the following year, when Jolie admitted that she was pregnant with Pitt’s child, whom they later named Shiloh.

Jolie adopted two children before her relationship with Pitt: Maddox and Zahara.

The pair also adopted 3-year-old Pax from an orphanage in Vietnam in 2007.

Jolie gave birth to twins with Pitt in 2008 as well: Knox and Vivienne.

Pitt and Jolie announced their engagement in 2012 after seven years together, and were married in August 2014.

Their tumultuous decade-long relationship came to an end two years later.

Jolie initially filed for a dissolution of marriage in September 2016, days after an alleged altercation took place on a private plane where she claimed Pitt abused her and their six children.

The actor was not charged by authorities and Jolie also declined to press charges.

The pair then released a joint statement four months later announcing that they planned to handle their divorce privately.

“The parties and their counsel have signed agreements to preserve the privacy rights of their children and family by keeping all court documents confidential and engaging a private judge to make any necessary legal decisions and to facilitate the expeditious resolution of any remaining issues,” the statement read at the time.

However, their divorce negotiations proved to be strained for years to come with custody disagreements and intense accusations being folded into their development. By 2019, Jolie and Pitt were both declared legally single.

Alongside the closing notes of their divorce battle, Jolie and Pitt are also embroiled in a separate legal case over the southern French winery they once shared, Château Miraval.