I understand suicide, in the sense that it’s just relief. In recent years, several of his children have taken legal measures to remove Pitt from their last name. During a long-haul flight from France to Los Angeles, an allegedly intoxicated Pitt was verbally and physically aggressive toward his wife and children, Jolie claimed in court papers. Pitt was accused of choking one of their older children and “grabb[ing] Jolie by the head and [shaking] her.” The midair meltdown led Pitt to quit drinking, but he told Esquire he was “off the wagon” after staying sober for seven years.