The long-running legal battle between Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has taken a fresh turn, with Pitt filing a new lawsuit against Jolie concerning their shared French property, Chateau Miraval. According to People, the Fight Club and FI: The Movie actor has submitted new court documents that include communications between both parties about Jolie’s controversial 2021 sale of her stake in the winery, which they once co-owned.
The new filings reveal an email exchange from November 2023, where Jolie’s legal team responded to Pitt’s ongoing lawsuit, which reportedly involves claims for $35 million in damages. In the correspondence, Jolie’s lawyers asserted that the financial burden of producing the requested documents was Pitt’s responsibility, since he initiated the case. “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. As a result, he has to pay for producing the documents that will show (or not show) those damages,” the message read.
Jolie’s attorneys also accused Pitt of demanding “ongoing damages” for what he described as harm to Miraval’s ongoing operations, while continuing to withhold information about why he allegedly required Jolie to sign a four-year non-disclosure agreement related to his “personal misconduct.”
The dispute stems from Pitt’s 2022 lawsuit, in which he accused Jolie of violating their prior agreement by selling her 50% stake in the winery without his consent. Pitt has maintained that both parties had a mutual understanding preventing either from selling their interest without the other’s approval. Jolie, however, sold her share to Tenute del Mondo, a company linked to Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler, claiming she had the legal right to do so.
The matter intensified when Jolie invoked attorney-client privilege to avoid turning over certain documents that Pitt’s team insists are essential to their case. Pitt’s lawyers have now requested access to 22 contested documents, arguing that Jolie’s claim of privilege is improper and obstructs the court’s ability to evaluate key evidence.
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A hearing is scheduled for December 17, which could determine the next phase of the high-profile dispute. Pitt and Jolie—who share six children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne, and Knox—ended their 12-year relationship in 2016 and officially finalised their divorce in December 2024. Nearly a decade later, their battle over Chateau Miraval continues to intertwine personal and professional wounds, keeping the former power couple locked in a bitter legal standoff.
