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Angelina Jolie’s former company sues Brad Pitt for $250,000,000 claiming he ‘stole’ their French castle and wine business and tried to ‘never let her see a dime’-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016.
Brad Pitt is being sued by Angelina Jolie’s former company for $250million (£217million) (Picture: Jun Sato/ WireImage)
Brad Pitt is being sued by Angelina Jolie’s former company for $250million (£217million) for allegedly stealing their castle and wine business from her.
This comes after Pitt sued his ex-wife and claimed that she had illegally sold her stake in French wine brand Chateau Miraval, after she sold it to drinks company Stoli last year, but held her shares of the company through her firm Nouvel.
Now, a cross-complaint filed on Tuesday by Nouvel LLC claims that Pitt tried to ‘secretly move assets’ from their joint business to his friends, as well as claiming he spent ‘millions on vanity projects,’ like a recording studio.
Nouvel LLC also claims that Pitt’s alleged scheme would have meant she would ‘never see a dime’ of the brand’s ‘tens of millions of dollars in profits’.
‘In retaliation for the divorce and custody proceedings, Pitt embarked on a multi-faceted, years-long campaign to seize control of Chateau Miraval and appropriate the company’s assets for his benefit and that of his own companies and friends,’ the lawsuit claims, according to Mail Online.
Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016 (Picture: Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)
‘Appointing himself the rightful owner of Chateau Miraval, his twin objectives were to usurp the value of Jolie’s company, Nouvel, and to obtain sole ownership of Chateau Miraval.’
The lawsuit also claims that: ‘Ever since his former wife, Angelina Jolie, filed for divorce from him in 2016, Brad Pitt has been waging a vindictive war against her’.
It adds that the lawsuit aims to ‘seek redress for the illegal and malicious actions of Pitt and his allies to injure Nouvel by devaluing its investments’.
Chateau Mirval was the venue for Pitt and Jolie’s wedding in 2014 (Picture: Matt Baron/REX/Shutterstock)
The lawsuit alleges that Pitt tried to silence clauses about Jolie wanting to sell her half of Chateau Mirval to him.
‘Pitt knew that much of Jolie’s wealth and liquidity were tied up in Nouvel and used that fact to try to force Jolie to agree to his unreasonable terms,’ the suit adds.
Chateau Mirval was the venue for Pitt and Jolie’s wedding in 2014, after they bought it together in 2008.
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Pitt and Jolie share three biological children; Shiloh, 16, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 14, while the actress also has three adopted children; Maddox, 21, Pax, 18, and Zahara, 17, who Pitt considered as his own through his relationship and marriage with Jolie.
Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in September 2016. A temporary agreement saw Jolie retain full custody of the children while Pitt was granted ‘therapeutic visits’.
However in 2021, following a lengthy court battle, Pitt was granted joint custody of the children alongside his ex-wife.
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