spanned years.
The biggest ongoing dispute from their marriage came from Château Miraval, a winery the couple bought together in France. Jolie had previously sold her stake in the winery to a third party, while Pitt claimed she violated their agreement that neither party would sell their stake without the other’s prior approval.
The couple has been involved in a legal battle since then. Now, court documents have revealed that Pitt is suing for $35 million in damages over the winery dispute, which has carried forward from the couple’s divorce proceedings.
The lawsuit was revealed from emails exchanged in November 2023.
Lawyers representing Jolie said on a previous occasion, “The burdensome nature of any production is a matter of Mr. Pitt’s own creation—he is suing Ms. Jolie for $35 million in damages.”
It went on, “As a result, he has to incur the expense of producing the documents that will show (or not show) those damages.”
In an email dated October 2023, Jolie’s team said that Brad Pitt was ‘seeking ongoing damages for alleged harm to Miraval’s ongoing operations’.
Jolie’s legal team went on to refer to ‘Pitt’s continuing refusals to produce documents relating to the reasons why he needed his four-year NDA covering his personal misconduct’.
They made the argument that these were ‘to the heart of our case and must be produced’.
When Pitt said that he and Jolie had agreed they would not sell their shares without the other’s approval, the actress denied they ever had such an arrangement.
The next public hearing for the case is on 17 December 2025.Continue reading…
