Amid a against her ex-husband, , actress called on the to drum up documents. The Hollywood stars are locked in a dispute over the ownership of their property, which also houses their wine label, Miraval. Post-divorce, Jolie had initially shown interest in selling her stake back to Pitt, but negotiations stalled, leading to a lawsuit filed by Pitt.
Jolie originally requested that Pitt disclose third-party communications related to an alleged incident on a plane where her lawyers claim he "grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her, and then grabbed her shoulders and shook her again before pushing her into the bathroom wall." She took it a step further when she requested, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in 2021, that the FBI release records about the alleged incident over to her, according to documents obtained by The Mirror. At the time, she kept her name hidden under "Jane Doe.
" However, Jolie dropped the FBI prompt on Sept. 25, 2024 as her legal battle with Pitt continued to rage on. In 2022, attorney Amanda Kramer commented on the FOIA case, telling , "I'm unable to comment on the identity of Jane Doe, who has sought to preserve the family's privacy.
Our position is that victims and survivors should be able to access federal agency records of crimes they experienced or reported, as is common at the state level, so they can advocate for help and trauma care and legal protection for their children and themselves." Jolie claimed in court documents, according t.
