Brad Pitt is moving forward in the ongoing legal case with ex-wife Angelina Jolie over their French winery Château Miraval.
Attorneys for the Fight Club actor, 61, entered a court filing in Los Angeles County Superior Court Monday asking for records of private conversations the Maleficent actress, 50, had over the sale of her share of the property.
Jolie has past said that attorney-client privilege played a role in her ongoing refusal to turn over the messages, People reported after reviewing the court filing.
Jolie ‘is abusing the privilege to bury critical documents that go to the heart of the case,’ attorneys for the Oscar winning actor argued in the court filing, asking for 22 documents in all.
Daily Mail has reached out to reps for both parties for further comment on the story.
Pitt’s legal team said that Jolie’s legal logic was not sound as to why she is refusing to turn over the communications.
Brad Pitt, 61, is moving forward in the ongoing legal case with ex-wife Angelina Jolie, 50, over their French winery Château Miraval. The Oscar winning actor was pictured in NYC in June
‘It is Jolie’s burden to prove that non-attorney communications are privileged, not Pitt’s burden to disprove this,’ Pitt’s legal team said in the court filing, according to People.
Jolie entered a court filing earlier this month stating her displeasure with how things have turned out involving the French winery.
Jolie said that upon the 2016 split, she left Pitt ‘control (and full residency) of our family homes in Los Angeles and at Miraval, without compensation, which I hoped would make him calmer in his dealings with me after a difficult and traumatic period
‘To this day, the children and I have never again set foot on the property, given its connection to the painful events leading to the divorce.’
The former couple are parents to six children: Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 17.
They split up in 2016 following a 12-year relationship and two-year marriage, with their divorce finalized eight years later in December 2024 amid a number of legal battles.
As Daily Mail previously reported, the former A-list duo is officially headed to trial next year — and both sides are bracing for a lengthy fight.
The warring exes will soon come face to face in court after a judge tossed Jolie’s attempt to dismiss Pitt’s lawsuit over Château Miraval, the sprawling French estate where they tied the knot in 2014. The property, known for its award-winning rosé, has become ground zero in the stars’ years-long legal war.
Since their 2016 split, the two stars have been fighting in court over their French winery, Chateau Miraval (seen) that they once owned together
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Jolie tried to shut down Pitt’s claims that she sold her stake in the estate behind his back — despite what he says was a verbal agreement to hold onto their 50-50 split. But now that her motion’s been denied, the case is moving full speed ahead.
Pitt expects the jury trial to last about 15 days, while Jolie believes it will take over two weeks, according to court documents obtained by UsWeekly.
The trial date hasn’t been locked in yet, and several key motions are still on the table.
Pitt called the case ‘complex,’ citing international parties and multiple cross-claims involved in the tangled dispute, per the court documents.
A source close to the actor told DailyMail.com: ‘This is a straightforward business dispute, but unfortunately, the other side has consistently introduced personal elements which have exposed the weaknesses in their case and complicated and lengthened the proceedings.’
Pitt filed the $67 million lawsuit against Jolie in 2022, less than a year after the shares were sold, setting off a protracted court battle between the exes.
But Judge Martin’s decision to dismiss Jolie’s final three claims against Pitt has put him firmly back in the driving seat ahead of a trial next year.
This latest court ruling represents another pre-trial victory for Pitt, adding to his momentum in the ongoing legal battle.
