Angelina Jolie Notches Victory Over Brad Pitt in Legal Battle Over Château Miraval
It’s a victory for Angelina Jolie. After a long legal battle over the sale of Château Miraval—the French winery Jolie co-owned with her ex Brad Pitt, located in Correns, France—Jolie notched a big win in court on Monday, May 4. According to documents obtained by Page Six, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that Pitt could not compel Jolie to hand over a series of private emails relating to the sale of her shares in the French winery. In 2022, Brad Pitt filed a lawsuit against Angelina Jolie for selling her shares in the estate to the Tenute del Mondo wine group—a division of the Luxembourg-based Stoli Group—without consulting him beforehand. The sale was worth $67 million, which Pitt claimed broke an agreement between the former spouses that neither would sell without the other’s approval. Jolie denied the existence of this agreement and responded by filing a counterclaim, claiming that Pitt was waging a “vindictive war” against her, according to Page Six. “This is an important victory for Ms. Jolie,” said the actress’s lawyer, …