Brad Pitt Allegations Won't Ruin Career: 'Zero Chance'—Reputation Expert

Brad Pitt's career likely won't be affected in the wake of allegations from ex-wife Angelina Jolie that he was abusive toward her and their children during a 2016 flight.

In court documents first obtained by The New York Times earlier this month, the Maleficent actress, 47, claimed the Bullet Train star, 58, was "physically and emotionally abusive" during the lengthy trip from Paris to Los Angeles.

Jolie alleged that Pitt had choked one of the children and struck another in the face.

The lawsuit—stemming from an ongoing legal ordeal involving Château Miraval, the French winery the exes once owned together—went on to state that he poured beer and red wine on Jolie and the kids. She filed for divorce days later.

The pair, who first met in 2003 on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, wed in August 2014 at Chateau Miraval. They share six children together: Maddox, 21, Pax, 18, Zahara, 17, Shiloh, 16, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 14.

Pitt was later investigated for child abuse by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services after the incident but was cleared in November 2016.

Pitt has also denied the allegations.

"Brad has owned everything he's responsible for from day one—unlike the other side—but he's not going to own anything he didn't do," his lawyer, Anne Kiley, said in a statement.

"He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation. Thankfully, the various public authorities the other side has tried to use against him over the past six years have made their own independent decisions. Brad will continue to respond in court as he has consistently done."

Reputation expert Eric Schiffer, Chairman of the Los Angeles-based firm, Reputation Management Consultants, told Newsweek that while the allegations against Pitt are "serious" and "damaging," they "have zero chance of materially destroying Brad's chances of getting hired by Hollywood."

Schiffer explained: "Brad Pitt has built a unique body of work over the past 30 years, and the overwhelming role choices have been strategic and helped to establish a diverse foundation for his sustainable stardom.

"Pitt's roles, such as a Nazi-killer (Inglourious Basterds) and a charismatic stuntman (Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood) brought variety to his brand and built a wider fan base beyond some of his earlier movies."

Recently, Pitt was criticized on social media over the films he's produced.

Twitter users pointed out that the Oklahoma native is a credited producer on films such as Blonde and She Said, movies centered around themes of sexual and societal degradation of women by powerful men.

"Wait, Brad Pitt is producing the MeToo movie?" one person wrote earlier this month. "It's like Hollywood is trolling us with that one."

"Ew the fact he produced Blonde," another added.

Others, however, pointed out that "allegation does not always mean guilty... " a third said, while a fourth agreed, "Key word: allegations."

Pitt has not spoken out about the backlash.