Brad Pitt has accused his ex-wife Angelina Jolie of having had against him “evil intentions” when she has sold to a Russian oligarch his shares in their wine estate located in the Var. These accusations are made in new court documents recently attached to the civil lawsuit the actor filed in a Los Angeles court earlier this year, reports theAFP.
The former Hollywood star couple joined forces in 2011 with a family of French winegrowers to produce the “Miraval Côtes de Provence”, named after their castle in the town of Val. The estate was acquired in 2008. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were married there in 2014 before initiating divorce proceedings in 2016, which has since dragged on in long legal battles.
A Russian oligarch in question
In February 2022, Brad Pitt had filed a complaint against Angelina Jolie because according to him she had sold her shares in October 2021 while the two stars “agreed never to sell […] without the consent of either. He also reproached him for having ceased ” since a long time “ to contribute financially to this business when it proceeded with this transaction.
In an updated version of the complaint seen by theAFP, the actor’s lawyers assure that Angelina “Jolie had evil intentions against Pitt” in making this sale. They also accuse Yuri Shefler, a Russian tycoon who owns the brand of spirits that bought the actress’s shares, of having “harmful associations and intentions”. the oligarch “maintains personal and professional relationships with individuals within Vladimir Putin’s inner circle”the Russian President.
A “major international risk” for the estate’s wines
Yet Yuri Shefler is a long-time critic of Vladimir Putin’s regime and faced legal action in 2002 against the Russian state. Last March, in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, the man said in a statement that he was “exiled from Russia” since that time and that he renamed his famous brand of vodka by “solidarity with Ukraine. »
But for Brad Pitt’s lawyers, this does not prevent this brand, “Stoli”, from being “synonym of Russia” for the general public and to constitute as such a “major international risk” for the marketing of wines from the Miraval estate. The complaint also cites Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of the “network of associates of sinister reputation” by Yuri Shelfer.