Brad Pitt Makes Daring Authorized Transfer In opposition to Angelina Jolie Over French Vineyard

Regardless of the previous couple not too long ago finalizing their divorce, they continue to be embroiled in a heated authorized battle over the vineyard, during which Jolie offered her stake again in 2021, allegedly with out Pitt’s consent.

Brad Pitt is now looking for to depose his “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-star’s firm, Nouvel LLC, by which the sale of her stake was made.

Studies have emerged revealing that Brad Pitt needs to depose Angelina Jolie’s firm, Nouvel LLC, of their long-running feud over the French vineyard they as soon as co-owned.

The previous couple bought the property in 2011 for round $60 million and continued to co-own it even after their cut up in 2016. Nevertheless, in 2021, Jolie offered her stake within the vineyard to the Stoli Group, prompting Pitt to file a lawsuit during which he claimed the sale was made with out his approval, as required by their settlement.

Now, based on The U.S. Solar, Pitt has requested a court docket to compel Nouvel LLC to take a seat for a deposition concerning their preliminary funding within the vineyard.

He’s additionally demanding the identical from one other occasion, Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Stoli Group to whom Jolie offered her stake.

Moreover, the actor needs data on their “subsequent monetary contributions to the house and vineyard on the coronary heart of this dispute.”

Elsewhere within the submitting for the deposition, Pitt additionally accused his ex-wife of promoting her stake within the vineyard in an underhanded method to the group that in the end bought it, regardless of being in negotiations with him over the identical stake.

“On March 30, 2021, a lawyer for Stoli Group contacted Jolie’s California-based divorce lawyer to inquire whether or not she could be excited by promoting her stake in Miraval, Brad alleged in a single current submitting,” the submitting revealed.

“All through Could 2021, whereas Jolie was nonetheless purporting to barter with Pitt and Mark Perrin [Brad’s partner in Miraval], Stoli and Jolie continued to barter in secret.”

Through the course of those behind-the-scenes negotiations, Jolie’s “transactional counsel” allegedly supplied “detailed suggestions” to Stoli and its negotiators. This data, seemingly taken from discussions with Pitt, included “what it might take for Stoli to beat Pitt’s provide.”

Based on the submitting, Jolie and Stoli Group ultimately agreed on a worth of round $65 million, which was stored secret from Pitt, thereby denying him the chance to match or exceed the provide.

In December 2024, Pitt and Jolie settled their divorce, a authorized battle that had lasted greater than eight years.

Shortly after, Jolie launched a press release through her lawyer, James Simon, during which she expressed aid over finalizing her cut up.

“Greater than eight years in the past, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the youngsters left all the properties that they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that point, she has centered 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 lawyer stated in a press release, per CNN.

For now, the monetary particulars of the cut up stay unclear, as they weren’t disclosed. Moreover, details about the previous couple’s custody association for his or her two minor kids has not been launched, although it’s believed that Jolie has major custody more often than not.

Not like Jolie’s expression of aid, Pitt stated that finalizing his divorce wasn’t a giant deal to him, simply one thing that was certain to occur ultimately.

“No, I do not assume it was that main of a factor,” the daddy of six instructed GQ Journal. “Simply one thing coming to fruition. Legally.”

Weeks later, he opened up about making errors in his life throughout an interview on the premiere of his adrenaline-fueled automotive motion movie, “F1.”

“Irrespective of the error, you understand, you simply study from [it] and transfer on,” the actor instructed Leisure Tonight. “It’s going to result in the subsequent success.”

Whereas Pitt gave no particulars about whether or not he was partly referring to his failed marriage whereas speaking about his previous errors, the actor hinted that household was additionally a part of what has helped him navigate these moments.

“At my age, I see how vital it’s to encompass your self with the folks you understand, the folks you like, the those that love you again,” the 61-year-old shared additional.

He added, “Buddies, household, and that is it. From there, we get to go make issues. It is a fairly easy, I feel, equation.”