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Angelina Jolie has no plans to visit the winery she once owned her ex-husbandBrad pitt.
Ex embroiled in legal battle From 2022 onwards after Jolie sells her shares in her winery, Chateau Miraval in France, to wine company Stoli Group.
In his lawsuit, Pitt, 61, accused Jolie, 50, of reneging on an agreement not to sell their shares without the other’s consent. In response, Maria The actor filed a counter-suit in September 2022, accusing Pitt of waging a “retaliatory campaign” against him since she filed for divorce in 2016.
The legal battle continued on Monday with the filing of court documents obtained by Jolie People, in Los Angeles, In a statement, harmful The star claimed that she had avoided visiting the vineyard for years.
“To this day, the children and I have never set foot on the property, due to the traumatic events surrounding the divorce,” she wrote. “After the separation, I immediately started looking for a new home for myself and my children, initially renting a house in search of a more stable solution.”
“Because I wanted to make sure Brad remained an important part of our children’s lives, I considered purchasing a property near his home,” Jolie, who split from Pitt in 2016, added. “At the time, my savings were tied up in Miraval, and I did not ask Brad for alimony or any other financial support.”
She also wrote that after she and Pitt separated, he relinquished control (and full residence) of our family homes in Los Angeles and Miraval to her without compensation, giving me hope that he would calm down in his dealings with me after a difficult and painful period.
A source close to the case also shared a comment IndependentSaying: “This is a business dispute that has nothing to do with the divorce proceedings, this filing is one of the parties trying to conflate the two and justify the sale of Miraval.”
The filing comes a year after Pitt asked a judge to throw out Jolie’s motion to release third-party communications. About this his alleged abusive behavior At her side during an infamous private jet trip in 2016. fight Club The actor’s legal team described Jolie’s request as “intrusive” and a “sensational fishing expedition.”
In July, Pitt filed a motion asking his ex-wife to produce private emails she had exchanged with her legal team and Alexey Oleynik of the Stoli Group, a Russian oligarch. Jolie’s lawyer refused the request and claimed her messages fell under attorney-client privilege.
In the new documents, Jolie is also demanding $33,000 in legal fees from her ex-husband. USA TodayHe also challenged Pitt’s previous request for his emails and documents discussing “legal advice or legal strategy”, noting that “these communications should be confidential.”
The former couple have six children: Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 16.