Brad Pitt allegedly hit one of his children in the face and choked another during a fight with Angelina Jolie on a private plane, according to court papers filed Tuesday in the United States by his ex-wife.
The former couple, once one of Hollywood's highest profile pairings, have been embroiled in a lengthy dispute over their marriage, custody of their six children and shared assets, including a French winery.
In papers lodged in a Los Angeles court and widely quoted in the media, Jolie describes a lengthy eruption by Pitt as the couple flew with the children from California to France in September 2016.
"Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face," the papers say, according to The New York Times, adding that he also "grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her".
At one stage in the fight "he poured beer on Jolie; at another, he poured beer and red wine on the children".
The confrontation began in the plane's bathroom when Pitt said Jolie was "too deferential" to the children.
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