International superstar actor Brad Pitt lost the Chateau Miraval property case against his ex-wife, star Angelina Jolie, in which he accused her of affecting his business reputation and obstructing his financial interests, after selling her stake without his knowledge to other businessmen.
In 2021, Angelina Jolie sold her stake, which is half of the “Chateau Miraval” winery, to a company run by Yuri Scheffler, who owns Russian “vodka”.
Brad Pitt’s lawyers at the time alleged that Jolie’s motive for the sale was to harm Pitt and submitted numerous documents to the court to confirm this.
They noted that the Russian oligarchy had “toxic intentions” and planned to take full control of the multimillion-dollar Pete Winery.
In the latest developments in the trial, Angelina Jolie’s legal team asked the court to see documents related to Brad Pitt’s companies, which Brad Pitt’s lawyer tried hard to avoid and tried to persuade the court to refuse the request for papers and correspondence, according to “Page Six”.
But the Los Angeles County judge insisted that Brad Pitt and his accomplices submit the required papers to the court, because the medicine cannot be postponed until the appeal of the ruling.
Commenting on this, Angelina Jolie’s agent said: “Brad Pitt is acting out of anger over his previous disagreements with Angelina Jolie, which hinders his common sense of business.”
He pointed out that any sane person would be happy to make new partnerships in his business, explaining that the company offers tremendous opportunities for business development, but he just cannot realize this because of his hatred for Jolie.
For his part, Brad Pitt’s lawyer explained that the deal in its entirety is illogical, with evidence that his client refused the offer to sell Chateau Miraval in the first place during his marriage to Angelina Jolie.
He explained that the idea of selling a large part of the business for better distribution conflicts with his long-term plan for the project, which is to return the profits to the company.
He went on to say that the best way to retain the financial and business assets of their children is to retain full ownership of these increasingly valuable and growing assets.