Brad Pitt has submitted a fresh court petition involving ex-wife Angelina Jolie, marking the latest development in the long-running legal fight that has continued since their 2016 split.
Pitt and Jolie, who began their relationship after working together on Mr & Mrs Smith in 2005, have spent years locked in a dispute over Château Miraval, the French winery they once jointly owned.
The former couple purchased the Provence property in 2008 through their respective investment companies, initially leasing it before exercising an option to buy. They paid approximately $28.4 million to become full owners, with Pitt contributing 60 percent through his company Mondo Bongo and Jolie contributing 40 percent through her company Nouvel. In 2013, Pitt sold 10 percent of his stake to Jolie for one Euro, making them equal 50-50 owners. They later held their wedding at the estate in 2014.
The 1,200-acre estate in the village of Correns features a 17th-century château, extensive vineyards, olive groves, and pine forests. The winery’s rosé wine, produced in partnership with the Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel, was released in 2013 and became a commercial success. The inaugural Miraval Rosé sold out 1,000 cases within hours. The winery is now estimated to be worth approximately $164 million, with revenues having grown from roughly $3 million in 2013 to more than $50 million by 2021.
Although their divorce proceedings were finalized in late 2024, the battle surrounding the winery remains unresolved. Trial in the case is currently scheduled for February 1, 2027, though Jolie’s legal team has requested a nine-month postponement to November 2027.
In the newest filing, dated July 31 and cited by USA TODAY, Pitt’s lawyers asked Jolie to turn over additional financial records, arguing that income-related information has not been fully disclosed.
According to Pitt’s legal team, Jolie provided records tied to her income for 2020 and 2021, but allegedly did not supply the same material for the years 2017 through 2019. During this time period, Jolie starred in projects including “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” Marvel’s “Eternals,” and “Those Who Wish Me Dead.”
The filing also points back to Jolie’s earlier argument that she needed to sell her stake in the estate in order to gain ‘financial independence’ from Pitt. That issue became central to the original 2022 lawsuit after she privately sold her interest to Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Stoli Group controlled by Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler. The sale occurred in October 2021.
Pitt has maintained that both parties had agreed neither could sell without the other’s consent, an assertion that Jolie’s camp has disputed. Pitt filed his initial lawsuit in February 2022 and has sought damages, with reports indicating he is seeking at least $35 million over the disputed sale.
His latest filing also revisits Jolie’s past claim that she ‘largely put her career on hold, forgoing years of compensation in the process’ after the 2016 breakup, while also alleging Pitt had ‘substantial leverage and control’ over her ‘to her financial condition at that time.’
Jolie’s representatives have since answered those arguments, according to the outlet.
They argue that ‘the entire basis for Pitt compelling these answers is a made-up theory that Jolie did not allege.’
“Pitt claims that Jolie has put her entire financial condition at issue going back to 2017 because of her allegation that she was seeking ‘financial independence.’ But Pitt’s selective quote misleadingly fails to include the entirety of her allegation,” the statement added. “Jolie does not allege that she was seeking financial independence in the abstract; she alleges that she was seeking ‘financial independence from her ex-husband [Pitt].’
“Separating from one’s ex-husband is categorically different from an allegation that one is suffering general financial distress,” it continued. “Jolie has never alleged that she was in financial distress—her allegations are clear that she sought to untangle her financial life from the ex-spouse she was divorcing. That distinction is dispositive.”
The matter is reportedly expected to reach court in February 2027, with depositions scheduled in London before September 2026. The case has become one of Hollywood’s longest-running and most contentious business disputes, with disputes extending beyond the Miraval ownership issue to include broader allegations involving abuse claims and non-disclosure agreements dating back to a 2016 plane incident.