“At that moment, I was just a boy from the Ozarks on the playground and that’s how we confronted things,” Pitt said in 2019 of his confrontation with Weinstein. “I just wanted to make sure nothing was going to happen further, because Paltrow was going to do two [more] films [with Weinstein]." A source close to Pitt told BuzzFeed that the confrontation subsequently led to Pitt being blacklisted from being cast in Miramax roles. Juda Engelmayer, a representative for Weinstein said in response, “the charge is just untrue.”
“It was beyond a pass, it was something I had to escape. I stayed away and warned people about him. I remember telling Jonny, my first husband, who was great about it, to spread the word to other guys — don’t let girls go alone with him. I was asked to do The Aviator, but I said no because he was involved. I never associated or worked with him again. It was hard for me when Brad did," she continued. A source close to Pitt said this claim was “false.” Instead, a source familiar with the deal said that the distribution for Killing Them Softly via the Weinstein Company — as allegedly Weinstein was one of the only people to agree to distribute such a film — was managed through CAA, meaning that Pitt and Weinstein had no direct interaction. Jolie’s involvement in the FBI lawsuit was confirmed in August, where details of the incident were revealed. According to an October countersuit involving the pair’s joint French winery, Pitt allegedly “grabbed” Jolie “by the head and shook her, and then grabbed her shoulders and shook her again before pushing her into the bathroom wall.” He then “punched the ceiling of the plane numerous times” and poured alcohol over Jolie and their children. Pitt further “choked one of the children and struck another in the face.” Pitt’s lawyer, Anne Kiley, subsequently issued a statement saying, “Brad has owned everything he’s responsible for from day one — unlike the other side — but he’s not going to own anything he didn’t do. He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation.”
