Brad Pitt’s appeal against a court ruling that disqualified the judge in his custody battle with Angelina Jolie has been refused by the California Supreme Court.
Jolie and Pitt have six children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox, with the five youngest children subject to custody decisions.
On Wednesday (27 October), the court denied a review of the appeals court’s decision to disqualify Los Angeles superior court judge John W Ouderkirk from further hearing the Pitt-Jolie divorce case.
Judge Ouderkirk had awarded Pitt joint custody over the couple’s five minor children in May this year.