The heated divorce battle of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pittbased on the allegations of domestic violence has recently added new updates.Jolie-Pitt divorce battle has been going on since September 2016. The majorblock in the matter is the custody of their underage children and how to splittheir huge estate, Chateau Miraval. Divorce attorney Kelly Chang Rickertrecently revealed some candid details about the details to daily mail. Reportedly,each has spent USD 1 million for the trial.
“I think this could become one of the most expensivedivorce cases in Hollywood history in terms of legal fees”, Kelly started withthis. She said that the divorce has been going on for four years now makingit the longest trial case ever seen. To this Kelly added, “I believe Angelinaand brad have already spent over USD 1 million each. They both are employingvery reputable professionals and Angelina has already gone through several”. Invery specific detail attorney Rickert mentioned the hourly rate ranges between USD 1000 to USD 1500 where Angelina and Brad’s lawyers might be billing40-50 hours a week.
Expert witness fees can be added as another factor inthe making of the most expensive divorce trial. Back in August 2020, Brad’slawyers presented 21 witnesses for the child custody issue which included mentalhealth scholars. Even Angelina presented 5 expert witnesses for the same.
Adding onto the case Kelly said, “very nasty ones keepgoing” and as Angelina keeps on changing attorney it is very clear on her partthat she is very adamant to win her battle and won’t be giving up soon. This messydivorce tells that it’s worse to have so much money because people will go onfighting until the other party finally runs out of money. Here, Jolie has thesource and won’t give up until she gets sole custody of her underagechildren.