In a filing
made in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday (10 August), Jolie requested that
Judge John W Ouderkirk be disqualified from the case four years after she first
filed for divorce in 2016.
American
actress, Angelina Jolie has requested for the removal of the private judge
presiding over her divorce from Brad Pitt over claims he has business dealings
with her ex-husband’s attorney.
The Salt
actress claims that Ouderkirk had “failed to disclose the cases that
demonstrated the current, ongoing, repeat-customer relationship” he had with
Anne C Kiley, one of Pitt’s attorneys who he has worked with on multiple cases.
The document
also states that Kiley had “actively advocated for Judge Ouderkirk´s financial
interests in moving – over the opposing party’s opposition – to have his
appointment (and his ability to continue to receive fees) extended in a high
profile case.”
So far,
Ouderkirk and Kiley have not passed any comment regarding the issue.
Arguing that
private judges should be bound by the same rules as other judges when it comes
to impartiality, the document states: “It doesn´t matter if Judge Ouderkirk is
actually biased … all my client is asking for is a fair trial based on facts,
with no special favours extended to either side.”
Jolie and
Pitt were together for fourteen years, two of which they spent married, before
the Maleficent actress filed for divorce in 2016.
The couple
have six children together.
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