The Brangelina rip off is still strong, and the mystery of "why" just got deeper.
Charges that Brad Pitt was "violent" to his children got shot down as "bulls***" by the family's former security adviser, Kris Herzog. He is an ex-US soldier who has been their family security guard for years. He has had a lot to say about the divorce, but the firmest thing he said was - Pitt simply could not have got "physical" with Maddox.
Pitt was accused last month by his wife of having assaulted his 15-year-old son Maddox in a private jet. That was the incident that made Angelina file for divorce "for the health of the family." She said their "irreconcilable differences" had forced them to split.
However, Herzog rubbished all the claims. He said that if Pitt had indeed hit Maddox, Angelina would have "whipped his a**".
As Kris, 49, explained to The Sun on Sunday: "Does he mouth off when he's been drinking? Yes.
"But I've never seen Brad be violent towards his kids or anyone else.gelina can whip Brad's a** seven days of the week.
"She can ball up her fists and punch quicker and harder and more accurately than Brad and George Clooney together. She can whip both of them.
"Brad would never raise his hands to those kids. One, he's not that type of person and two, Angelina would beat him to death.
"She doesn't f*** around."
Parenting is indeed her strength and Unique Selling Point, so she perhaps refused to brook Pitt's rough behaviour. Hence she is seeking "full custody" of their children - Maddox, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, ten, and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
But it certainly put the Ocean's Eleven star Brad off balance, as he is said to have got "crushed" by her decision to file for divorce. He was also devastated by the allegations that he hurt Maddox.
So what exactly was objectionable about Pitt to Angelina? Did he lose his mind after a drinking bout?
No, it just so happened that he put up her back by refusing to stop his "party-loving lifestyle."
Whatever may be her charges, sources claim that "Brad's the most loving and caring father who is fully invested and not any sort of threat. This will get resolved and he will be cleared but this is still horrendous for him."
If Angelina is really the committed mother that she claims to be, the course looks very clear. When the children are so forgiving and giving, it makes sense for her to invite Pitt back into their lives.
