Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt Goes Nuclear

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Matt is joined by Puck’s Eriq Gardner to discuss Angelina Jolie’s countersuit against Brad Pitt, which includes claims that Pitt was abusive to Angelina and their children during a 2016 plane ride. Matt and Eriq focus on the business and legal implications of the lawsuit—which centers on a French winery Pitt and Jolie bought when they were married—and what this could mean for their careers moving forward. Email us comments, questions, or ideas at [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Eriq Gardner Producer: Craig Horlbeck Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Would you bet a few thousand dollars that you could sink an eight-foot putt?
0:05.0	What about 10 grand that you could win a drag race against a Camero with a thousand horse power?
0:10.0	If you bet $2 million, could you bet it all on one football game?
0:15.0	Maybe you wish you could, but you probably wouldn't.
0:19.0	Gamblers is about the people who did.
0:21.6	From the Ringer Podcast Network, listen to Gamblers Season 2 on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast.
0:28.6	It is Wednesday, October 5th.
0:33.6	This one's a troubling topic, but nonetheless a fascinating one. Yesterday in a Los
0:39.1	Angeles court, Angelina Jolie filed a countersuit against her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, and it
0:44.8	included some pretty shocking details. Jolie claims that on a private plane in 2016, Pitt choked
0:50.9	one of their six children and, quote, struck another in the face, end quote.
0:55.4	And he, quote, grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her, end quote.
0:59.9	The court filing also states that at one point he, quote, poured a beer on Jolie.
1:04.9	And in another, he poured a beer and red wine on the children.
1:08.9	Pretty dark stuff.
1:10.0	A few days after that trip, Jolie filed for
1:12.7	divorce and the FBI investigated what happened on that plane, but it never filed any criminal
1:17.5	charges. Brad Pitt has in the past admitted and apologized for some bad behavior, but his lawyer
1:22.8	counted yesterday that he's not going to apologize for things he didn't do. So what's actually going on here?
1:28.7	Because this dispute has been going on for a few years now, and it isn't just about what Pitt did or
1:34.3	didn't do on a plane, I actually thought it would be interesting to go into these legal issues at play.
1:40.5	Because this is actually a financial lawsuit over a French winery that Brad and
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