Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s hefty court battle continues, as Pitt slams his ex-wife for making ‘intrusive’ requests he believes have nothing to do with their case.
The latest claims come after Pitt sued Jolie in 2022 for selling off her stake in the former couple’s French winery, Chateau Miraval, to Stoli, a company owned by a Russian oligarch, without his consent. Pitt alleged that they planned to pass down the business to their children.
Pitt further accused Stoli of a hostile takeover and sued to reverse Jolie’s stock sale. Jolie denied any wrongdoing and claimed that she was not obligated to seek out Pitt’s approval of the sale.
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In a $350 million countersuit, Stoli accused Pitt of misusing company assets, which he denied.
As both court cases ensue, recent developments see Pitt accusing his ex-wife of ‘wide ranging and intrusive’ demands during their ongoing $350 million dispute.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Pitt is accusing Jolie’s side of making 54 requests for documents from him that he believes are unrelated to the current corporate case at hand.
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According to In Touch, Jolie is requesting Pitt turn over all private communication he had with his friends and business partners regarding a 2016 altercation the former couple had on a private jet. She also asked for any communication he had with the FBI regarding the matter.
Pitt and Jolie famously got divorced in 2016 shortly after Pitt was allegedly physically abusive to Jolie and their kids on a private plane. The incident was investigated by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and the FBI, but no criminal charges were made against Pitt.
The actor’s lawyer at the time addressed Jolie’s accusation that he got physical with her and their children saying: “Brad has owned everything he’s responsible for from day one — unlike the other side but he’s not going to own anything he didn’t do. He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation.”
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In this new motion, Pitt’s lawyer criticized Jolie’s request for his private chats, describing them as ‘unnecessary motion practice’ and a vehicle for ‘another public filing rife with personal attacks.’
He continued: “These private, third-party communications are far removed from the issues and allegations in this case, and in many cases, they have nothing but the most tenuous relationship to ‘what happened on that plane.’
"Jolie, however, wants them anyway as part of her efforts to turn this business dispute into a re-litigation of the former couple’s divorce case.”
UNILAD has requested comment from both Pitt and Jolie’s representatives.
Topics: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Celebrity
Yasmeen Hamadeh