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Angelina Jolie wants judge disqualified in Brad Pitt divorce case

Angelina Jolie has claimed that the judge failed to disclose his 'business relationships' with one of Brad Pitt's attorneys

By Web Desk
August 11, 2020

Angelina Jolie has asked the  private judge - overseeing her divorce from Brad Pitt - be disqualified from the case because of insufficient disclosures of his business relationships with one of Pitt’s attorneys.

The 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' actress claimed that the judge failed to disclose his 'business relationships' with one of Pitt's attorneys.

The former Hollywood golden couple paying for a private judge in their divorce case to keep many of its filings and the personal and financial details within them sealed.

Pit and Jolie share six children, Maddox, 19, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12

In a filing in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jolie argues that Judge John W. Ouderkirk should be taken off the divorce case that she filed in 2016 because he was too late and not forthcoming enough about other cases he was hired for involving Pitt attorney Anne C. Kiley.

The former  couple  first split in 2016, when Jolie filed for divorce citing 'irreconcilable differences'.

Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times.