Brad Pitt has accused his ex-wife Jolie of making “intrusive” demands in their ongoing $350M court battle over their French winery.
The ongoing legal dispute between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie continues to intensify.
Pitt now accuses his ex-wife of making excessive and irrelevant requests in their $350 million court battle.
Pitt and Jolie dispute over French winery
The latest developments stem from Pitt’s 2022 lawsuit against Jolie.
He alleged she sold her stake in their shared French winery, Chateau Miraval, to a Russian oligarch-owned company without his consent.
Pitt claimed that they had planned to pass the business down to their children, and he sued to reverse Jolie’s stock sale.
Pitt criticized ex-wife Jolie for asking ‘intrusive’ demands
In a countersuit, the Stoli Group accused Pitt of misusing company assets. Pitt has denied these allegations.
As the legal proceedings continue, Pitt is now criticizing Jolie’s side for making what he describes as “wide-ranging and intrusive” demands.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Pitt’s lawyers have stated that Jolie’s team has made 54 separate requests for documents from the actor.
He believes that they are unrelated to the current corporate case.
Jolie seeks evidence of Pitt’s 2016 physically abusive
Jolie is reportedly seeking all of Pitt’s private communications with his friends and business partners regarding a 2016 incident on a private jet.
In this incident, Pitt was accused of being physically abusive towards Jolie and their children.
Jolie has also asked for any communication Pitt had with the FBI regarding the matter.
The 2016 incident led to Pitt and Jolie’s highly publicized divorce.
Although investigated by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and the FBI, no criminal charges were filed against Pitt.
Pitt’s lawyer has criticized Jolie’s requests, describing them as “unnecessary motion practice” and a means to “re-litigate the former couple’s divorce case.”
The lawyer argues that these private communications with third parties are irrelevant to the current business dispute.
He claims they are “far removed from the issues and allegations in this case.”
On the other hand, Jolie appears to be attempting to use the court battle to revisit the details of the 2016 incident and Pitt’s alleged actions.
However, Pitt’s legal team has made it clear that he has “owned everything he’s responsible for from day one” and is not willing to “own anything he didn’t do.”
Former security chief claims Jolie urged kids to avoid Pitt during visits.
Previously, Brad Pitt’s former security chief, Tony Webb, claimed that Angelina Jolie encouraged her children to “avoid spending time” with Brad Pitt during custody visits.
Pitt’s lawyers allege in new court documents that Jolie’s requests are excessive in their legal battle over their French winery and child custody.
Webb claims Jolie’s assistant tried to prevent his subcontracted employees from testifying.
The assistant reportedly reminded Webb of subcontractors’ confidentiality agreements with Jolie and potential lawsuits from Pitt if they testified.
However, one of the subcontractors has stated that despite the confidentiality agreement, he will still testify if summoned by the court.
Subcontractor would testify about Jolie’s reported statements to children.
The subcontractor confirmed he would testify about Jolie’s reported statements to the children.
These statements allegedly encouraged them to avoid spending time with Pitt during his visitation rights.
Jolie’s lawyers argue that Pitt’s request for an expanded confidentiality agreement is intended to hide his conduct.
They criticize it as shameful and intended to continue concealing his actions.
They emphasize that the issue is not about confidentiality agreements in general, but rather about power and control.