Lawyer: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Suing UK Tabloid Over Claim They Were To Split

First Published: February 8, 2010 2:00 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium

Caption Angelina Jolie, son Maddox and Brad Pitt make it a family affair at Super Bowl XLIV at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on February 7, 2010

LONDON, U.K. -- A London law firm says Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are suing a British tabloid that reported they were to split.

Keith Schillings, of Schillings Lawyers, said in a statement Monday that the celebrity couple had begun legal proceedings against the News of The World newspaper.

The newspaper reported Jan. 24 that Pitt and Jolie had agreed to divide their assets and made arrangements over the custody of their children.

Schillings, whose firm is representing the unmarried couple, says the report involved “false and intrusive allegations.” He says the tabloid failed to meet a demand for a retraction and apology.

He also says Sorrell Trope, a divorce lawyer in Los Angeles, denied claims she had been in contact with the couple.

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