Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of 'waging a vindictive struggle towards her' in new countersuit

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s battle over their vineyard continues.

In February, Pitt sued Jolie over what his declare known as the “illegal” sale of her stake in Château Miraval, a rustic property and vineyard within the south of France acquired by the couple in 2008.

In a countersuit filed this week, obtained by Muricas News, Jolie accused her ex-husband Brad Pitt of “waging a vindictive struggle towards her” and “hijacking” management of the profitable vineyard enterprise they as soon as shared.

Pitt and Jolie have been married on the property in 2014 and would, based on Pitt’s go well with, spend the vacations there as a household.

Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in September 2016 following a heated encounter aboard a personal jet investigated by the FBI.

After she did so, Jolie’s go well with, filed on behalf of her former firm Nouvel LLC, alleges, Pitt “and his allies” took “unlawful and malicious actions” with the intention to “injure” Jolie and Nouvel, “by devaluing its investments and depriving it of its correct position within the administration of Chateau Miraval, the world-famous producer of rosé wine.”

Jolie is looking for no less than $250 million in compensatory damages.

Muricas News has reached out to representatives for Pitt and Jolie for remark.

The countersuit states Pitt “masterminded a so-far-successful plan to grab management of Chateau Miraval” and mishandled trademark registrations that had “devastating monetary penalties” for Nouvel.

“Pitt has frozen Nouvel out of Chateau Miraval and treats it as his private fiefdom,” the go well with says.

It additionally says Pitt, “launched into a multi-faceted, years-long marketing campaign to grab management of Chateau Miraval and applicable the corporate’s belongings for his profit and that of his personal firms and buddies.”

In his declare, Pitt had alleged that Jolie “did nothing to drive (the) progress” of the enterprise, which he became a “multimillion greenback worldwide success story.”

Jolie’s countersuit disputes this, saying “Pitt refused to grant Jolie or Nouvel equal entry to Chateau Miraval’s information or an equal voice over administration,” successfully “holding essentially the most vital a part of her internet value hostage.”

Jolie stepped away from the enterprise in October 2021, promoting Nouvel and its stake in Miraval, to Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of Stoli Group, managed by Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler.

Pitt’s lawsuit alleges the sale was illegal as a result of he and Jolie had agreed after they bought Château Miraval that neither would promote with out the opposite’s consent. However Jolie’s countersuit alleges she made the sale after negotiations between Jolie and Pitt that will have bought Nouvel to Pitt fell aside over “a provision designed to ban Jolie from publicly talking concerning the occasions that had led to the breakdown of their marriage.”

“Pitt knew that a lot of Jolie’s wealth and liquidity have been tied up in Nouvel and used that truth to attempt to drive Jolie to comply with his unreasonable phrases,” her countersuit says.

Pitt’s go well with didn't specify an quantity hunted for damages however included a request for “reduction that the Courtroom deems simply and correct.”

A dissolution of Pitt and Jolie’s marriage was granted in 2019, however their authorized battle over property and custody of their minor youngsters has continued.

A California appeals court docket dominated final 12 months that a retired choose who had been employed by each events to arbitrate the custody dispute ought to be disqualified due to undisclosed ties to Pitt’s attorneys.

In 2020, Jolie informed Vogue India she cut up with Pitt for the sake of her youngsters.

Pitt informed GQ in 2017 he had stop consuming after having been “boozing” an excessive amount of that previous 12 months.

In a June 2022 interview with British GQ, he talked about discovering peace not too long ago.

“I all the time felt very alone in my life,” he informed the publication, “alone rising up as a child, alone even out right here, and it’s actually not until not too long ago that I've had a higher embrace of my family and friends.”