Angelina Jolie claims THREE of her kids ‘wanted to testify against their dad Brad Pitt’ in nasty custody war and divorce

THREE children of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt wanted to testify in court during their parents' custody battle.

The movie star, 46, filed documents to the court through her lawyers in December last year, requesting the judge overseeing the custody hearing be removed from the case.

Pitt and Jolie are parents to Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12.

They have been locked in a bitter divorce and custody battle since splittin in 2016.

Pitt won a recent round after temporary ruling issued by a judge on May 13, gave the former duo shared custody of their children, except for Maddox, who is no longer a minor. 

But the court documents filed in December paint a clearer picture of how the kids feel about their dad, with three even wanting to testify in the proceedings.

“The children whose custody is at issue are old enough to understand what is going on,” the document obtained by Us Weekly read.

“The trial is necessarily going to impact them emotionally. Three of the children have asked to testify. To make any of the children endure what may be a futile and void proceeding is beyond unjustified. It is cruel.”

The documents were filed in an ongoing move to remove Judge John Ouderkirk removed because of a conflict of interest due to his connection to Pitt's lawyers.

Jolie's legal team first argued in August 2020, that because Ouderkirk had "ongoing business and professional relationships” he should be removed from overseeing the case.

That request was dismissed with Jolie later arguing the above documents her children have been unnecessarily put through the trauma of the case, because Ouderkirk should have been removed.

“Judge Ouderkirk denied Ms Jolie a fair trial, improperly excluding her evidence relevant to the children’s health, safety, and welfare, evidence critical to making her case,” the documents read.

A source revealed Maddox testified against his father, and "it wasn’t very flattering toward Brad.”

“He doesn’t use Pitt as his last name on documents that aren’t legal and instead uses Jolie. Maddox wants to legally change his last name to Jolie, which Angelina has said she doesn’t support," the source told Us Weekly.

A further hearing is scheduled for July 9 in which Jolie hopes to "demonstrate clear, reversible, prejudicial legal error” on the part of Ouderkirk.

The actress has bidded to retain custody of their children amid allegations Pitt was "abusive" to their then 15-year-old son Maddox during a private jet flight from France to the US.

Last month Ouderkirk handed Pitt a major victory in their dispute, agreeing to give him 50/50 custody of their children after she blocked access.

While Pitt is thrilled by the decision, a source close to the drama has revealed the Tomb Raider star is “bitterly disappointed.”

A source told In Touch that the actor views the ruling as a “fresh start,” adding: “He’s over the moon now.”

The former golden couple of Hollywood split in 2016 after 12 years together, with the Tomb Raider actress citing “irreconcilable differences” on the divorce papers.

The split followed an incident on a plane when Brad allegedly lost control of himself and clashed with son Maddox.

Following a review, the FBI and Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family cleared the actor of any wrongdoing. 

It was previously revealed Angelina and Brad have "each spent $1MILLION" in their bitter five-year divorce battle and custody war.

The case saw months of witness testimony, including from child services experts and therapists.

Meanwhile, Jolie's cryptic new tattoo appears to be a dig at her ex Brad Pitt after their bitter custody battle.

The Oscar winner added a quote from Galileo Galilei on her forearm and revealing the inking while out in New York last week.

Angelina's tattoo reads "Eppur si muove", which translates from Italian to "And yet it moves".

The quote is from 1633, when Galileo was forced to take back his (true) statement that the Earth moves around the sun.

The scientist's phrase served as a defiant assertion that the truth will one day come out.

The Maleficent star's latest tattoo sits above a quote from a poem by Rumi that reads, “There exists a field, beyond all notions of right and wrong. I will meet you there".