Angelina Jolie's legal team has alleged that Brad Pitt's physical abuse towards her began long before their 2016 plane incident. In court documents, Jolie claimed that Pitt aimed to prevent her from speaking out about the abuse. "While Pitt’s history of physical abuse of Jolie started well before the family’s September 2016 plane trip from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the first time he turned his physical abuse on the children as well. Jolie then immediately left him," wrote her lawyers in court documents. Jolie's lawyers claim Pitt refused to purchase her shares of their winery unless she signed a restrictive NDA about the alleged abuse. Despite Jolie's silence, Pitt allegedly backed out of the purchase after sealed documents related to their custody dispute surfaced. Pitt's representatives haven't responded, but a source close to him dismissed Jolie's claims as attempts to deflect from legal losses.