Brad Pitt goes to war with Angelina Jolie again, this time over winery

Brad Pitt is taking another legal swing in his prolonged battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie, this time, demanding access to private records related to her controversial sale of their shared French winery, Château Miraval.

The latest development in their legal saga unfolded on June 30, when Pitt’s legal team filed a request in the Superior Court of California seeking documents and a deposition from Alexey Oliynik, an executive at the Stoli Group.

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Stoli’s wine division, Tenute del Mondo, purchased Jolie’s stake in the vineyard in 2021, a move Pitt claims blindsided him.

At the heart of Pitt’s frustration is an agreement he says the former couple had: that neither would sell their share in Miraval without the other’s approval. Pitt alleges Jolie’s decision to sell her portion to Stoli, a company he had objected to in the past, was a direct violation of that pact.

According to court filings obtained by ‘PEOPLE’, Oliynik has declined to testify or hand over requested documents, citing his residence in Switzerland as protection from being compelled by a U.S. court. Pitt’s team, however, argues that the information he holds is vital to proving Jolie acted with “malice” in going through with the deal.

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The legal feud over Miraval dates back to 2022, when Brad Pitt first sued Angelina Jolie over the sale. She hit back with a countersuit, accusing him of retaliating against her and dragging their personal issues into a financial dispute.

Jolie’s attorneys have claimed Pitt insisted she sign a non-disclosure agreement, allegedly meant to prevent her from speaking out about incidents of past abuse, before he would agree to buy out her share.

One such incident allegedly occurred aboard a private jet in 2016, during which Pitt was verbally and physically abusive.

No criminal charges were there following an investigation, and Jolie didn’t pursue the matter in court at the time.

Earlier in 2024, a judge ordered Jolie to turn over eight years’ worth of NDAs she had issued to other people, in relation to the argument that Pitt used such agreements to try and silence her.