Owing to this, the Lara croft: tomb raider actress has been harbouring love-hate relationship towards her ex-spouse and simply can’t seem to let go of him.
“The more she does this, the more damage she does to the children,” a source disclosed to The Post.
“This is a game she’s playing. She still has the children for more of the time than he does and she is trying to keep up as long as this would be possible.”
“In some way, she doesn’t need this [the divorce] to end,” said one source. “She’s attempting to hold on.”
However, sources near the Salt actress said that, despite the way in which things may look to people, “She is the person who petitioned for divorce,” said one individual near Jolie. “There is nobody more than her that needs it to be finished.”
Earlier, Jolie requested Judge John W. Ouderkirk in the divorce case to be changed as Pitt was excessively close with him.
Ouderkirk reacted by saying that he had no bias in the case and would not step down. Presently a court will decide whether to remove him.
“The judge excoriated her legal team`s hail-Mary attempt to delay the procedure once more,” said an attorney close to the matter.
Meanwhile, the Ad Astra star’s lawyer said in court papers that Jolie’s move “reeks of bad faith and desperation.”
They included that the couple’s six children are “the people hurt most by Jolie’s transparently strategic gambit,” as “they keep on being deprived over a resolution to these custody issues.”