Brad Pitt, 46, and Angelina Jolie, 34, who earlier in a statement threatened legal action against media services falsely spreading break-up rumors, have followed through on their threat. Their lawyer confirmed a lawsuit against "The News Of The World" is in the works.
Keith Schillings, of London-based Schillings lawyers, said in a statement that the couple had begun legal proceedings against the News of The World tabloid. News of the World is a Sunday publication as well as Britain’s largest selling newspaper.
According to Schillings, the complaint is over a Jan. 24th report. In that issue, NOTW reported that Pitt and Jolie had agreed to separate, and to divide assets worth $320 million. NOTW also stated they had made arrangements regarding the custody of their six children. Schillings said the report contained “false and intrusive allegations."
Schillings said “The News of the World has failed to meet our clients’ reasonable demands for a retraction of and apology for these false and intrusive allegations which have now been widely republished by mainstream news outlets. We have advised them to bring proceedings which they have now done."
On Sunday, Pitt and Jolie, along with Maddox, 8, attended the NFL's ultimate game, the Super Bowl. The trio watched the game together from a private box at Sun Life Stadium.
Including Maddox, whom Jolie adopted from Cambodia in 2002, prior to her relationship with Pitt, the couple are raising six children. The others are Zahara Marley, Shiloh Nouvel, Pax Thien, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline.
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