The current round of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s ongoing lawsuit over their French winery, Château Miraval, involves them in yet another court case. It all comes down to Jolie’s request that Pitt reveal conversations between third parties about an incident on a plane in 2016. CNN got copies of court papers that show Pitt’s lawyers say that these private conversations have nothing to do with the charges and issues in this case. “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,'” says the document filed by Pitt’s legal team. They also say that Jolie’s claim is an attempt to turn the business dispute over the winery into a new divorce case.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in the midst of their ongoing legal battle over the French winery, Château Miraval.
Jolie’s lawyers have called Pitt’s request “oppressive and harassing” in separate papers. They say that Pitt has already offered to produce papers that clearly show what happened on the flight, which is what caused them to get divorced. Even with this offer, Jolie turned down Pitt’s compromise and tried to force him to reveal conversations he had with other people, even his closest friends. These messages are about private things, like the therapy Pitt chose to do after the flight incident, the alleged drug and alcohol tests he has been through, his alleged drinking too much or abusing alcohol, and other things that happened after the flight.
The court documents show that there is tension between the two sides, with Pitt’s lawyers saying that Jolie’s demands are outside the present case. They say that Jolie’s goal is to find information that could be used against Pitt in situations that have nothing to do with the business disagreement. Some say that Jolie is using this move to keep the couple’s past problems in the public eye in order to put pressure on Pitt.
The former Hollywood power couple’s dispute now centers around Jolie’s request for Pitt to disclose third-party communications related to a 2016 plane incident.
When asked to comment on the filing, Jolie’s lawyer, Paul Murphy, gave a different point of view. He said that possible proof about Pitt’s failed attempt to buy Jolie’s share of the winery in 2021 and his request for a non-disclosure agreement was “central to these proceedings.” Murphy wasn’t sure why Pitt wasn’t giving over the requested papers, and he suggested that Pitt might be hiding important information about the case. “It’s not a surprise to us that Mr. Pitt is afraid to hand over the papers that prove these things.” “Angelina is once again pleading with Mr. Pitt to stop fighting and finally help their family heal,” Murphy told CNN in a statement. “Unless Mr. Pitt drops his lawsuit, Angelina has no choice but to get the proof she needs to show that he is wrong.”
The fight over Château Miraval is only one part of Pitt and Jolie’s larger legal and personal battle. Their divorce was settled in 2019. People have had a lot of problems with the winery in the French area of Provence. They bought it in 2011 and even had their wedding there in 2014. Even though they were no longer together, they continued to co-own the house at first. But disagreements arose over how to run the estate and what would happen to it in the future, which is what led to the present legal dispute.
Pitt apparently got into a fight with one of their children during the 2016 plane incident that is at the heart of Jolie’s current request. This event played a big role in Jolie’s choice to file for divorce, claiming “irreconcilable differences.” The specifics of what happened on the plane have stayed mostly secret, but they have come up many times in the couple’s legal fights.
Both sides are still firmly in their stances as the court case over Château Miraval goes on. Pitt’s team wants discovery to only include documents that are directly related to the business disagreement. Jolie’s team, on the other hand, wants a wider range of documents to be made public. Whatever happens in this court case could have big effects on not only who owns and runs the winery but also Pitt and Jolie’s relationship now that they are divorced.
People are likely to keep interested in this high-profile case because it involves both a valuable item and the personal, and sometimes troubled, histories of two of Hollywood’s most famous people. You can see how complicated their relationship is and how hard it is to separate their personal and work lives through the legal maneuvering and courtroom drama. As new events happen, they will definitely get a lot of media attention, keeping everyone interested in the continued story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.