Judge rejects Brad Pitt’s request to keep custody battle private

BRAD Pitt’s attempt to keep his custody war with Angelina Jolie private has been rejected.

This custody battle isn’t going to be easy. Picture: Splash News Australia

A JUDGE has rejected Brad Pitt‘s request to seal details about his custody dispute with estranged wife Angelina Jolie.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard J. Burdge Jr. denied Pitt’s request in a written order Wednesday morning. Pitt had sought to seal details of his custody dispute with Jolie at an emergency hearing, but Burdge declined to hear the petition on an expedited basis.

Jolie filed for divorce in September and currently has primary custody of their six children.

Pitt’s motion came two days after the release of a custody agreement he and his estranged wife reached in late October that calls for the actor to have visitation with his children under the guidance of a therapist.

Pitt’s lawyer Gary Fishbein declined comment after the hearing.

It comes just days after Jolie sent a “strong message” to Pitt, by filing court documents making their temporary custody deal public — even though nothing had changed since it was struck in October.

“There is absolutely nothing different about the situation today as opposed to yesterday as opposed to when this agreement was put into place,” a source told People. “This is pure spin and manipulation, as absolutely nothing has changed. The original agreement is temporary and voluntary and that has not changed in the slightest; absolutely no binding agreement has been made, no final decisions have been made, and there is nothing that should be presented as a legally binding custody arrangement at this time. There is zero legal purpose for filing this. Zero.”

This story originally appeared in the NY Post and is republished here with permission.