Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Angelina Jolie ended her legal battle on Thursday against the Department of Justice after filing a petition for more information regarding the agency's investigation into alleged assaults that occurred between Jolie and ex-husband Brad Pitt during a 2016 cross-Atlantic flight. Jolie, 49, filed to dismiss the action with prejudice on Sept.
25 "with each party to bear its own fees and costs," according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. A judge signed off on the order the following day. The "Maria" actress filed the suit against the FBI in April 2022, nearly six years after the bureau launched an investigation into an alleged 2016 altercation involving Pitt, now 60, Jolie and their children , which happened on a private plane traveling from France to Los Angeles.
The investigation closed two months later without charges brought against Pitt, and she filed for divorce days later. BRAD PITT FIRES ‘SUBLIMINAL’ SHOT AT ANGELINA JOLIE AMID WINERY WAR: EXPERT Angelina Jolie ended a 2022 lawsuit against the FBI after 2016 Brad Pitt plane fight. (Getty Images) Jolie filed the lawsuit as "Jane Doe," and citing the Freedom of Information Act, requested information pertaining to the investigation, in efforts to "protect the children in the family law system.
" She claimed that "information withheld by DOJ and the FBI contains evidence of the harm," and denial to produce the information "continues to hamper, her .