Brad Pitt just filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling her stake in Château Miraval, the French winery with terraced vineyards which they bought together back in 2008.
In a recent article published by People, “Pitt filed new court documents Friday at Los Angeles County Superior Court and claimed Jolie intentionally ‘sought to inflict harm on’ him by selling her interests in the wine company. Pitt says they had agreed to never sell their respective shares without the other’s permission.”
Reports say that the 47-year-old Maleficent actress has sold her shares to Yuri Shefler, a Russian billionaire businessman who is popularly known as the person behind beverage company SPI Group.
According to news from BBC, “The lawsuit claims the sale helped launch a ‘hostile’ takeover of the wine business that [Brad Pitt] had ‘carefully built.’ Pitt’s lawyers said that under his stewardship, the business had grown into a ‘multimillion-dollar international success story’ though Jolie had ‘contributed nothing.'”
Additionally, an exclusive source told US Weekly that “Pitt allegedly tried to purchase Jolie’s stake in the company after news broke that he was suing his ex-wife for selling her shares in the Château Miraval winery without notifying him.” The insider also shared that Angelina was “not being fair” and that she completely “blindsided” the 58-year-old Mr. & Mrs. Smith actor.
As of this writing, several news outlets report that Pitt’s lawyers are working towards a trial by jury.
We’ll definitely stay updated on this bitter court battle!
