Brad Pitt is bracing for what friends describe as a final blow in his long running estrangement from his children, as twins Knox and Vivienne prepare to turn eighteen in Los Angeles next month, according to reports from outlets including The Blast and the Daily Mail.
The latest claims sit on top of a near decade of upheaval that began with Angelina Jolie's 2016 decision to file for divorce after an alleged altercation on a private plane from France to Los Angeles. Authorities later declined to bring charges after investigations by the FBI and child services, and sources close to Pitt say he accepted responsibility for his conduct, sought treatment, got sober and apologised to Jolie and the children. Those around him maintain that he believed the family would, in time, stitch itself back together, even as the legal battle over custody became one of the most scrutinised in Hollywood.
