Brad Pitt vs Jolie: Private Messages Fuel Winery Standoff
Marvelous. Another round of “who gets the wine” between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—surrender your grapes, please. Look, I don’t *want* to waste brain cells on a vineyard tug-of-war, but here we are: Pitt just filed new court documents on June 30, demanding Angelina’s private messages about the Château Miraval sale. I told you this divorce sequel would never end.
Pitt’s motion, unearthed by People Magazine, targets Alexey Oliynik, a key player at Stoli Group’s wine division, Tenute del Mondo. According to Pitt, Oliynik has “firsthand knowledge” of Jolie’s 2021 deal to offload their French winery—a move Pitt claims she executed with “malice,” knowing he opposed selling to Stoli. So now Brad wants to depose Oliynik and see every relevant text or email he’s been hiding. Because obviously, nothing says “fair and amicable” like subpoenaing your ex’s buzzed friend at the liquor brand.
This fresh filing picks up from Pitt’s original 2022 lawsuit, where he accused Jolie of waging a “vindictive war” by selling Miraval behind his back. Jolie promptly countersued, arguing her sale was forced by Pitt’s own last-minute NDA demand—one that would have gagged her on a 2016 incident alleging he was physically and emotionally abusive to their family. Remember that delight? Pitt later admitted to NBC News he’d abused alcohol during their marriage and got sober afterward, while his lawyer insisted Brad “owned everything he’s responsible for… but not what he didn’t do.”
And if you thought that was exhaustive, hold your Chardonnay. Last April, Pitt swiped a court order forcing Jolie to hand over eight years’ worth of NDAs. Jolie’s attorney Paul Murphy eagerly complied, insisting those common NDAs made Pitt’s surprise gag-order “egregious” by comparison. Welcome to the legal vineyard where every signature is suspect.
Of course, E! News and NBC News confirm all this belongs to the NBCUniversal family, so it’s official—celeb drama at its most splintered. The kids Maddox, 22, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16, probably just want a peaceful grape juice tasting at this point. Who could blame them?
Did we really need another courtroom curtain call? Probably not, but here we are. And that, dear reader, is why we can’t have nice grapes.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine
E! News
NBC News
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