Brad Pitt Sues Angelina Jolie Over Sale Of Chateau Miraval
18.02.2022 - 04:39
/ etcanada.com
Brad Pitt is taking Angelina Jolie to court over the sale of their winery.
Jolie sold Chateau Miraval to a Russian oligarch and Pitt is suing her to undo the deal.
In court documents obtained by TMZ, Pitt acknowledges that Jolie did pay 40 per cent of the $28.4 million purchase price but he has put in lots of time and money into growing the winery since.
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The couple bought the Correns, France located winery in 2008 and Pitt says he made it a success in 2013 since Jolie had taken a back seat. They were also married on the property in 2014.
According to the “Fury” actor, they had an agreement they couldn’t sell without the other’s consent.
As part of the divorce proceedings, Jolie told a judge last year she had an interested Luxembourg-based buyer. Pitt gave consent to pursue the sale but needed to give the final go ahead to the prospective buyer.
Pitt claims he was in disbelief to find out last October that Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of Stoli Group, owned by Russian oligarch, Yuri Shefler, had bought Jolie’s interest. It also says that Jolie knew that Pitt was interested in buying her out, the Blast reports.
The court docs state that Jolie never sought consent and claim she intentionally hid details. He also says that Shefler has made it difficult for him to run Chateau Miraval and is no longer allowed to use it has his private home.
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Pitt is suing for an unspecified amount in damages. He would also like Jolie’s sale to be null and void.
“Unfortunately, this is another example of the same person disregarding her legal and ethical