The British Newspaper News Of The World is being sued by the Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for publishing inaccurate allegations about their relationship.

In a story published on 24 January, News Of The World revealed that the couple would separate and had agreed the division of assets and custody of their children.
The action comes following the publication by the News of the World of allegations that Jolie and / or Pitt had visited a divorce lawyer in December, and that an agreement had been reached between them regarding custody of their children and the dividing of their joint assets of £205m. The newspaper added that the agreement had been signed last month and that the separation would occur imminently.

However, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s lawyer, Keith Schilling, called the “widely republished” allegations “false and intrusive” and the paper had failed to meet “reasonable demands” for an apology.

He said the pair had also asked for a retraction of the allegations, which had subsequently been “widely republished by mainstream news outlets”.

A spokesperson for the News Of The World was unable to comment at the time of writing.

Source: BBC