In February, Brad Pitt sued his ex-wife Angelina Jolie, according to People, alleging that she illegally sold stakes in a winery they purchased together without informing him or seeking his consent, which violated an agreement they had made while still a couple. The winery, called Château Miraval, per People, is located in the French vineyard in which they got married in 2014.
Now, their legal troubles are only getting messier, with Pitt alleging that Jolie had planned to sell her interest to a wine group called Tenute del Mondo, which he alleges is indirectly owned by a Russian billionaire named Yuri Shefler, according to People. “Jolie pursued and then consummated the purported sale in secret,” read a legal document Pitt filed in Los Angeles on June 3, “purposely keeping Pitt in the dark, and knowingly violating Pitt’s contractual rights.”
Pitt, who is seeking a trial by jury, alleges that Shefler committed a hostile takeover of Miraval, and engages in “cutthroat business tactics and dubious professional associations.” The documents added, “Jolie has sought to force Pitt into partnership with a stranger, and worse yet, a stranger with poisonous associations and intentions.” The amount that Pitt is seeking will be determined at trial. Meanwhile, the two A-listers are also embroiled in a bitter custody battle, with a source telling Us Weekly that the “Troy” star believes Jolie “will never agree to joint custody and is going to run out the clock until the kids are 18.”
