Jolie, Pitt sign $366m split deal: report

[Catty1]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertain...it-deal-report

Jolie, Pitt sign $366m split deal: report
14:30 AEST Sun Jan 24 2010

By ninemsn staff

Brad Pitt and Angelina have reportedly split. (Getty)

Hollywood super couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have separated and signed a $366 million deal which will see their fortune split and children set up for life, reports say.

The pair — dubbed "Brangelina" by fans and the world press — signed legal papers earlier this month, the News of the World reports.

The agreement states they will have joint custody of their six children — three of whom are adopted — but that they will live with Jolie.

The papers also reveal their joint $366 million fortune, which includes mansions in France, New Orleans and California, will be split equally.

Unnamed sources said the couple signed the papers in early January with the aid of a high-profile Beverly Hills-based divorce lawyer regarded as "the best in the business".

"The contract was like a tailor-made version of a pre-nuptial agreement except for an unmarried couple's split," the source was quoted as saying.

"It seemed clear they want the world to know they'll both play a part in the upbringing of the children."

Associates for both actors refused to comment, with one saying it was a "private matter".

An announcement is tipped to be made within weeks, ending months of speculation that the couple's relationship is on the rocks.

The National Enquirer published a story last week about a fight Jolie and Pitt had at a trendy New York restaurant called Alto on January 6.

The magazine said the fight was the final straw with the couple agreeing later that night to end their six-year relationship, which began on the set of the thriller Mr and Mrs Smith.

If the reports are correct, this will be Pitt's third very public break-up.

In 2005, he split with Friends starlet Jennifer Aniston after four-and-a-half years of marriage.

The 46-year-old Inglourious Basterds star was engaged to Gwyneth Paltrow before that.

Jolie, 34, is no stranger to break-ups either: she split with Monster's Ball star Billy-Bob Thornton in 2003 and Trainspotting actor Johnny Lee Miller in 1999.

[wombat2u2004]

Yeah, just read that mate.
UNBELIEVABLE !!!! They are the last couple I would have ever thought who would end it all. They seemed like the perfect couple, adopting kids and stuff because that's what they were really into.
I'm at a loss to understand why this has happened to such a wonderful couple.
Sarandon and Robbins broke up not long ago to, but the reason for that is very obvious.......Susan is in love with me, and has only had Tim around for practice until the day we finally meet and fall into each others arms.
My daily emails to her remain unanswered.....I think Tim must be intercepting and deleting them.
Wom

[Laura's Babies]

So now they will be on to other "partners" to make more news....

[Catty1]

wom, there have been hints all the way along...last year Brad reportedly said that before he and Angie ever got married, they would have to attend couples counselling.

She can't have been easy to live with...and I am sure he wondered later on just WTF he had gotten himself into.

He did get to have kids of his own.

So maybe his 'biological clock' and common sense teamed up.

[ChrisH]

Could be true, but as the original source is the 'News of the World', a Brit newspaper not known for it's integrity, I'll take the news with a pinch of salt for now.

[wombat2u2004]

Candace......
Nope, it was a newey to me....never even heard a whisper that they were in any sort of bother. I always thought everything was hunky dory with them both. So tonites news was a bit of an eye opener for me.
But then again....I really don't read the news that much, especially about the celebs.
Ya just don't know what goes on behind closed doors....hey ????
Wom