Brad Pitt Sues Angelina Jolie Again: Actor Drops Damaging Filing Over Chateau Miraval
Brad Pitt launched another damning move against Angelina Jolie that is related to their South of France vineyard and home, Chateau Miraval.
The legal battle between Brangelina is far from over as Pitt now accuses Jolie of damaging the reputation of the wine business by selling her half to a stranger. It served as the venue of their marriage and vacation home throughout their relationship.
The "World War Z" actor submitted a new court filing on Friday at Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which he claimed that Jolie intentionally inflicted harm on him. He said that they agreed to never sell their parts in the family business without each other's consent.
Pitt then called Miraval his passion project that eventually became a multi-million dollar global business.
"Jolie pursued and then consummated the purported sale in secret, purposely keeping Pitt in the dark, and knowingly violating Pitt's contractual rights," the filing reads.
He added that the "Maleficent" actress's business, Nouvel, owed his company the right of first refusal. By selling her part, she reportedly infringed on that right.
With that, he is asking damages "in an amount to be proven at trial" aside from nulling and voiding Jolie's purported sale.
The filing names several charges against Jolie, including abuse of rights under Article 6-1 of the Luxembourg Civil Code, constructive trust, breach of quasi-contract, and breach of implied-in-fact contract, to name a few.
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie's Legal Battle Explored
The new filing came months after an expert shared his thoughts about Jolie and Pitt's recent conflict about their winery.
Certified family law attorney David Glass told Fox News that the former couple established an agreement before their divorce, and it would play a huge role in court. Per the expert, the law of community property always requires the consent of the spouse.
Pitt and Jolie are yet to fix the dispute in the winery, as well as their custody battle despite finalizing their divorce in 2019. As they tried to get what they needed in their marriage before finalizing their divorce, the issue of Chateau Miraval, appeared after Jolie sold her share.
Though Pitt still has his 50 percent on the business, the move purportedly damaged the business. Initially, it had a 60/40 share three years before the estranged couple filed for divorce.
