Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s authorized battle involving the sale of her half of a French vineyard they owned collectively continues.
Pitt, 61, sued Jolie, 50, over the sale of her stake of their vineyard, Chateau Miraval, in 2022, to the Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of Stoli Group.
The F1 star had beforehand needed to purchase Jolie’s half of the vineyard and stated she deserted their negotiations when she bought her a part of the vineyard.
On June 30, Pitt filed courtroom paperwork looking for to depose Alexey Oliynik, who works for the Stoli Group. Within the submitting, obtained by Individuals, Pitt said that Oliynik has firsthand information of Jolie’s 2021 sale of the vineyard to Tenute del Mondo.
In February 2022, Pitt filed a lawsuit alleging that Jolie made the sale with out his consent and ruined a non-public area that had been a second residence. Pitt referred to as the transfer by his ex-wife “vindictive” and “illegal.”
Jolie responded to Pitt’s lawsuit with a countersuit in September 2022, claiming that discussions over the sale of her share of the vineyard deteriorated when Pitt insisted she signal “a nondisclosure settlement that may have contractually prohibited her from talking exterior of courtroom about Pitt’s bodily and emotional abuse of her and their youngsters.”
An aerial view taken on Could 31, 2008, in Le Val, southeastern France, exhibits the Chateau Miraval.
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In Pitt’s new submitting, Oliynik has refused to show over related paperwork — together with any messages with Jolie and her staff pertaining to the sale of the vineyard — or seem for a deposition. He stated he couldn’t be compelled to take action as a resident of Switzerland.
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“These requests go on to key allegations about Pitt’s objections to the sale,” Pitt’s authorized staff wrote within the actor’s submitting.
Additionally they declare that the request to depose Oliynik “simply meet the usual for discoverability given Pitt’s allegations that Jolie acted with malice in promoting to Stoli, a counterparty she knew Pitt opposed.”
If the decide guidelines in favour of Pitt’s movement, filed within the Superior Court docket of California, Jolie’s personal messages might be revealed as essential proof within the courtroom battle.
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, following a non-public jet flight from Europe, throughout which she alleged Pitt bodily abused her and their youngsters.
The previous couple lastly reached a divorce settlement in December 2024, ending one of many longest divorces in Hollywood historical past. The divorce settlement didn’t have an effect on the vineyard lawsuit, the place the authorized battle between the 2 stars continues.
“Greater than eight years in the past, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt,” Jolie’s lawyer, James Simon, stated in an announcement. “She and the youngsters left all the properties that they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that point she has targeted on discovering peace and therapeutic for his or her household. This is only one a part of an extended ongoing course of that began eight years in the past. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, however she is relieved this one half is over.”
The FBI and little one providers officers investigated Pitt’s actions on the flight. Two months later the FBI launched an announcement saying it could not examine additional, and no fees had been filed.
Jolie and Pitt had been amongst Hollywood’s most distinguished pairings for 12 years, two of these years as a married couple. The Oscar winners have six youngsters collectively: Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 16.
—With recordsdata from The Related Press
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