Brad Pitt hires top Beverly Hills family lawyer for divorce battle
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Brad Pitt has hired the family law guru who represented Heather Locklear and Charlie Sheen as he prepares for a divorce and custody battle with Angelina Jolie.
Lance Spiegel will represent the actor after joining his legal team on Thursday afternoon (22Sep16), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The top Beverly Hills attorney will join Pitt's Hollywood lawyer
Alan Hergott to do battle with Jolie and her legal rep Laura
Wasser, in what could be a very messy divorce.
Spiegel, 70, also represented actress Eva Longoria in her split
from basketball star Tony Parker, and the late Michael Jackson,
among other high-profile clients.
Jolie, 40, filed for divorce on Monday (19Sep16), citing
irreconcilable differences. Her legal team also includes Hollywood
attorney Robert Offer, who has already spoken to the media on his
client's behalf.
Confirming the shock divorce news, Offer revealed the actress had
filed for "dissolution of marriage", adding the decision was made
for "the health of the family".
"She will not be commenting, and asks that the family be given its
privacy at this time," Offer added in a statement.
Pitt released his own statement on Tuesday (20Sep16). It read: "I
am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the
well-being of our kids. I kindly ask the press to give them the
space they deserve during this challenging time."
Meanwhile, FBI agents are reportedly stepping in to take charge of
an alleged child abuse investigation surrounding Brad.
It was initially reported officials from the Los Angeles Police
Department and L.A. County Department of Children and Family
Services were looking into the alleged incident, which took place
on a private jet last week (ends16Sep16), days before Angelina
Jolie filed her papers to end her two-year marriage.
The DCFS investigation is still said to be ongoing, but an LAPD
spokesman has made it clear detectives are not involved and do not
have an open case on the actor.