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The saga continues. Weeks after Us Weekly confirmed that Angelina Jolie succeeded in disqualifying the judge in her custody case, Brad Pitt gives a fiery answer.

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Court documents we received on Wednesday September 1st describe the 57-year-old Fight Club actor’s feelings about the judge’s dismissal John W. Ouderkirk from his ongoing legal battle with the 46-year-old Eternals actress. In his motion, Pitt argues that the California Second District Court of Appeals decision should be reviewed by the state’s highest court.

“A review is warranted to determine whether an administrative error requires disqualification from failure to disclose additional insubstantial matters affecting a party’s attorney years after a significant history of such matters has been disclosed,” the documents read.

We confirmed in July that Jolie won her battle to remove Ouderkirk from the case after claiming he failed to disclose his previous relationship with Pitt. “Judge Ouderkirk is no longer involved and Angelina is grateful to get a fair decision on custody of the children,” revealed a source at the time exclusively.

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However, Pitt and his legal team alleged in their response that the judge was open about his ties to the co-stars of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and had made multiple disclosures on the matter since January 2017. The two-time Golden Globe winner argued that the court’s decision to remove Ouderkirk “created a conflict” and “misapplied” a key requirement for it.

The native Oklahomaer shares Maddox (19), Pax (17), Zahara (16), Shiloh (15) and the twins Knox and Vivienne (12) with Jolie, who he married in 2014, officially divorced in April 2019, but continued to fight Judgment for their children. Pitt was granted provisional custody in May, but the removal of Ouderkirk could result in that sentence being overturned.

“After more than four years of contentious litigation that has harmed the children and their father every day, an important and well-considered custody decision is about to be completely reversed due to an administrative error completely unrelated to the merits of the custody battle itself,” claims Pitt’s petition .

On Wednesday, friend alum’s lawyer, Theodore J. Bourous Jr., elaborated on the request to review the court’s decision and alleged in a statement to us that Ouderkirk “was wrongly disqualified after a detailed, fact-based detention decision following a lengthy trial involving multiple witnesses and experts.”

Gibson Dunn’s partner continued, “The pretrial judgment will reward parties who lose custody of children and tolerate their gambling by allowing them to wait and examine the likely direction of the case before disqualifying the judge apply for. Tolerating the use of this type of strategic “lie” disqualification challenge will cause irreparable harm to both the children and families involved in this case and other families in other cases by unnecessarily prolonging the settlement of these disputes in an already overloaded court becomes system. “

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According to the attorney, the “clever” removal of Ouderkirk sets a precedent that “denies parents an irreplaceable time with their children as judges are disqualified for minor reasons in the midst of their cases.” He told Us, “The lower court ruling is bad for children and bad for California’s overburdened judicial system.”

Jolie first tried to disqualify the judge in August 2020, but this was unsuccessful. While the legal drama continues, the Hollywood stars could get a big card index.

“Nothing is more expensive than hotly contested custody [dispute]Divorce attorney in Los Angeles Mark Vincent Chaplain told Us in July, estimating the exes have already spent “hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions” in legal fees. “I’m sure these two people can afford it [keep litigating] … [but Jolie’s] Still having an uphill battle because now there is historical observation rather than future projection [of how the children are doing]. “

With reporting by Marjorie Hernandez