Brad Pitt Is Demanding To See Angelina Jolie's Messages In Legal Battle
While there were many contentious aspects to Brad and Angelina's split, the former couple are still fighting it out over the Château Miraval, the French winery in which they bought a controlling stake back in 2008. The business movie — which reportedly cost them about €25 million at the time — gave them ownership of a sprawling home and vineyard in Correns, France.
The vineyard served as the venue for their secret wedding back in 2014.
To cut a long story short, Brad and Angie initially split their ownership of Miraval 60/40, but later became equal stakeholders in 2013. When they were still together, they apparently pledged to never sell their respective shares in the company without first consulting the other — which is now at the crux of their ongoing legal battle.
In February 2022, Brad sued Angelina, accusing her of acting unlawfully by selling her 50% stake in the company to Stoli Group, a Luxembourg-based spirits manufacturer controlled by a Russian oligarch, Yuri Shefler, without his knowledge. Brad's team said in legal documents that Angelina intentionally sought to damage him by assisting in a 'hostile' takeover of Miraval.
'Jolie pursued and then consummated the purported sale in secret, purposely keeping Pitt in the dark, and knowingly violating Pitt's contractual rights,' Brad's team claimed, adding that the sale to Yuri Shefler was a tactic to 'undermine' her ex's stewardship by forcing him into business with 'a stranger with poisonous associations and intentions.' 'Through the purported sale, Jolie sought to inflict harm on Pitt,' the docs alleged.In September 2022, Angelina then responded with a countersuit, accusing Brad of 'waging a vindictive war against' her ever since she filed for divorce back in 2016.
Which brings us to our latest update. On June 30, Brad filed court documents that revealed his attempts to depose Alexey Oliynik. Alexey works for Stoli Group, and Brad's team believes he had firsthand knowledge of Jolie's 2021 sale of her Miraval shares.
Filed in the Superior Court of California and obtained by People, the legal documents indicate that Alexey has refused to turn over his private communications and relevant documents or appear for a deposition, claiming that he's under no obligation to do so as a resident of Switzerland.
'These requests go directly to key allegations about Pitt's objections to the sale, and easily meet the standard for discoverability given Pitt's allegations that Jolie acted with malice in selling to Stoli, a counterparty she knew Pitt opposed,' Brad's team states in the filings.
After their divorce was finalized in December, a source close to Angelina told People that she was 'relieved,' but 'until [Brad] ends the Miraval lawsuit, Angelina will continue to stand up to him.'
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