Angelina Jolie is finally opening up about the one place she can’t bring herself to go back to, the home where her life with Brad Pitt fell apart
Nearly nine years after their separation, the actress has revealed that she and her children have not set foot in their once-beloved French estate, Château Miraval, since the painful events that ended their marriage.
For the star, that home now carries memories she can never relive.
In new court documents obtained by PEOPLE and filed on October 6, Jolie shared emotional details about her decision to give Pitt control of their homes in Los Angeles and France.
She wrote that she left the actor “control (and full residency) of our family homes in Los Angeles and at Miraval, without compensation, which I hoped would make him calmer in his dealings with me after a difficult and traumatic period.”
The 50-year-old explained that she made the choice in hopes of easing tensions after what she described as a painful separation.
Despite leaving the properties behind, Jolie revealed she has not found peace, writing, “To this day, the children and I have never again set foot on the property, given its connection to the painful events leading to the divorce.”
For the “Maleficent” star, Château Miraval was more than just a home; it was where her family’s story unfolded.
“It was a focal point of our family life,” she wrote in her filing. “We were married there, I spent part of my pregnancy there and I brought our twin children home there from the hospital.”
The filmmaker said walking away from that life was incredibly hard. “To have such a sudden break from my home and memories has been hard, and it was especially difficult for the children to have their lives so disrupted,” she said.
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