Hollywood definitely loves its remakes. Earlier this 12 months, all eyes had been on the messy and misogynistic Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial; Depp received and Heard was publicly torn aside. Now the long-running authorized battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has escalated and it appears to be like, depressingly, as if Jolie goes to get the Heard remedy.
Right here’s the place issues stand: Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt six years in the past however the divorce hasn’t but been finalised as a result of the actors are nonetheless arguing over custody of their youngsters and belongings (they've a whole lot of each). Pitt has accused Jolie of promoting a stake of their vineyard, Château Miraval, in an underhand method to a Russian oligarch. Someway the invasion of Ukraine received dragged into all this, with Pitt arguing that the Russian ties harm the vineyard’s model.
In the meantime, Jolie has filed a cross-complaint that accuses Pitt of home abuse on a 2016 flight. Court docket paperwork filed final week allege that “Pitt choked one of many youngsters and struck one other within the face” and “grabbed Jolie by the top and shook her”. He additionally reportedly “poured beer on Jolie” and “poured beer and purple wine on the kids”. The FBI appeared into the allegations however didn’t carry felony costs. Sources near Pitt deny Jolie’s variations of occasions.
I don't know what's true, clearly. What I do know is that the reality doesn’t appear to matter to an terrible lot of individuals. Since Jolie accused Pitt of abuse final week, she has been referred to as a liar by social media vigilantes, change into the topic of misogynistic YouTube movies and dubbed “one other Amber Heard”. The US gossip web site TMZ has reported claims that “Angelina Jolie is on a smear marketing campaign in opposition to Brad Pitt” and has “poisoned their youngsters to activate him”. Once more, I don’t know what's true in all this. However one factor is obvious: the Depp v Heard trial didn’t finish when the jury verdict got here in. Any lady, irrespective of how well-known, who speaks out a few highly effective man goes to be handled like Amber Heard 2.0. Depp wrote a playbook males accused of misconduct appear very keen to repeat.
Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist
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