Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sued the ‘The World,’ the highest British selling tabloid for reporting that the couple was splitting.
Keith Schillings, the lawyer for the couple, said in a statement that the newspaper had made "false and intrusive allegations" when it reported Jan 24 that Pitt and Jolie have agreed to separate, and to divide their assets worth 205 million pounds ($320 million) and had made arrangements for the custody of their six children.
"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," said Schillings.
Schillings also informed that Sorrell Trope, a high profile divorce lawyer in Los Angeles, had denied claims she had been in contact with the couple. It was reported that Sorrell has confirmed being reached for the divorce.