(CNN) — The legal dispute between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie over Chateau Miraval, property and the French vineyard they owned together, continues to escalate.
In new legal documents obtained by CNN, Jolie’s former investment company, Nouvel, accuses Pitt and his “accomplices” of trying to retain control of Château Miraval by “plundering” and “looting” its assets. Nouvel claims at least US$350 million in damages.
“Pitt misused the company’s assets, spending millions on vain projects, including more than $1 million in swimming pool renovations, building and rebuilding a staircase four times, and spending millions to restore a recording studio,” the filing states. this Monday.
Nouvel’s lawyers claim in the documents that Pitt’s “misconduct” escalated after Jolie sold Nouvel in October 2021 to Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Stoli Group, controlled by Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler.
“Outraged that Jolie sold Nouvel to Stoli instead of him, Pitt acted like a petulant child, refusing to treat Nouvel as an equal partner in the business,” the filing says.
CNN has contacted Pitt’s representatives for comment on the lawsuit filed Monday.
Pitt first filed a lawsuit over Jolie’s sale of the estate and winery in February 2022, calling it “illegal” as he claimed the two had agreed when they bought the property that neither would sell without the other’s consent. .
Jolie countersued, claiming there was never such an agreement and that she sold her share of the winery in an effort to gain “financial independence” from Pitt and to “have some form of peace and closure on this deeply painful and traumatic chapter of her life and that of their children.”
The former couple bought the estate and winery in the south of France in 2008.
An image of Château Miraval, a vineyard estate purchased in 2008 by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
In court documents dating from last month, Pitt’s lawyers called Jolie’s sale of her Miraval stake “retaliatory” after an “adverse custody ruling.”
Paul Murphy, Jolie’s attorney, responded in a statement to CNN at the time, referring to allegations of abuse by Pitt during a 2016 airline flight that were part of another court filing by Jolie in the case last fall. past.
“Still today and in the seven years since that fateful plane ride, he has personally never publicly denied that it happened. The reality is that Pitt refused to complete the Miraval sale to Jolie unless she agreed to be silenced about the abuse. Murphy said.
A Pitt representative disputed the details in the October document in a statement to CNN at the time.
“Brad accepted responsibility for what he did, but he won’t for the things he didn’t do,” the rep said.
Pitt was not arrested or charged in connection with the incident after the FBI completed an investigation into it.
Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016. They were declared legally divorced in 2019, but a joint custody agreement for their minor children has yet to be finalized.
(CNN) — The legal dispute between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie over Chateau Miraval, property and the French vineyard they owned together, continues to escalate.
In new legal documents obtained by CNN, Jolie’s former investment company, Nouvel, accuses Pitt and his “accomplices” of trying to retain control of Château Miraval by “plundering” and “looting” its assets. Nouvel claims at least US$350 million in damages.
“Pitt misused the company’s assets, spending millions on vain projects, including more than $1 million in swimming pool renovations, building and rebuilding a staircase four times, and spending millions to restore a recording studio,” the filing states. this Monday.
Nouvel’s lawyers claim in the documents that Pitt’s “misconduct” escalated after Jolie sold Nouvel in October 2021 to Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Stoli Group, controlled by Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler.
“Outraged that Jolie sold Nouvel to Stoli instead of him, Pitt acted like a petulant child, refusing to treat Nouvel as an equal partner in the business,” the filing says.
CNN has contacted Pitt’s representatives for comment on the lawsuit filed Monday.
Pitt first filed a lawsuit over Jolie’s sale of the estate and winery in February 2022, calling it “illegal” as he claimed the two had agreed when they bought the property that neither would sell without the other’s consent. .
Jolie countersued, claiming there was never such an agreement and that she sold her share of the winery in an effort to gain “financial independence” from Pitt and to “have some form of peace and closure on this deeply painful and traumatic chapter of her life and that of their children.”
The former couple bought the estate and winery in the south of France in 2008.
An image of Château Miraval, a vineyard estate purchased in 2008 by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
In court documents dating from last month, Pitt’s lawyers called Jolie’s sale of her Miraval stake “retaliatory” after an “adverse custody ruling.”
Paul Murphy, Jolie’s attorney, responded in a statement to CNN at the time, referring to allegations of abuse by Pitt during a 2016 airline flight that were part of another court filing by Jolie in the case last fall. past.
“Still today and in the seven years since that fateful plane ride, he has personally never publicly denied that it happened. The reality is that Pitt refused to complete the Miraval sale to Jolie unless she agreed to be silenced about the abuse. Murphy said.
A Pitt representative disputed the details in the October document in a statement to CNN at the time.
“Brad accepted responsibility for what he did, but he won’t for the things he didn’t do,” the rep said.
Pitt was not arrested or charged in connection with the incident after the FBI completed an investigation into it.
Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016. They were declared legally divorced in 2019, but a joint custody agreement for their minor children has yet to be finalized.
