Angelina Jolie has revealed new details about her contentious divorce from Brad Pitt amid their ongoing legal issues.
The pair went through a grueling eight-year legal fight over their divorce, finalizing the matter in December 2024.
The exes are locked in a legal battle arguing over their French winery, Château Miraval.
In the aftermath of their parents’ split, half of the couple’s kids have opted to drop Pitt’s last name.
However, a source close to Pitt did tell the Daily Beast that these revelations from Jolie were just distractions from the issue at hand.
In the midst of their ongoing legal troubles, Angelina Jolie has added new details about her acrimonious divorce from Brad Pitt.
The couple finalized their divorce in December 2024 after a torturous eight-year legal battle. However, that does not imply that the couple’s legal issues are resolved. A legal dispute between the ex-couples centers on their French winery, Château Miraval.
In recently filed court documents on Oct. “The events leading to my need to separate from my ex-husband were emotionally difficult for me and our children,” Jolie wrote in her post about the French estate. “”.
Jolie ultimately filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016, five days after she claimed that while intoxicated, Pitt had verbally and physically abused her and her kids on a private plane from France to California. Pitt has refuted these assertions.
In an effort to “make him calmer in his dealings with me after a difficult and traumatic period,” Jolie went on to explain that she gave Pitt “full residency” of Château Miraval and their Los Angeles home after filing for divorce, “without compensation.”. “”.
She mentioned the six children she and Pitt share: Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17. She added, “To this day, the children and I have never again set foot on the property, given its connection to the painful events leading to the divorce.”.
Half of the couple’s children have decided to forgo Pitt’s last name since their parents’ divorce. Following in Zahara’s footsteps, Vivienne and Shiloh did the same.
Immediately after the split, Jolie claims she “started looking for a new house for me and our children.”. “While looking for a more stable solution,” she says, she first rented a house in the interim. “”.
“I looked to buy a property near Brad’s home because I wanted to make sure he remained an important part of our children’s lives,” she continued.
Her “savings were up in Miraval” at the time, she continued, and she “had not asked Brad for alimony or any other financial support.”. “”.
When asked for comment, Pitt’s lawyers and representatives did not immediately reply.
Pitt’s close friend did, however, tell the Daily Beast that Jolie’s disclosures were merely side trips from the real problem.
The source stated, “This is a business dispute that is unrelated to the divorce proceedings.”. The other side is attempting to confuse the two in an effort to defend the sale of Miraval. “”.
Yuri Shefler, owner of SPI Group, purchased Jolie’s $64 million share in the French winery in 2021. In February 2022, Pitt filed a lawsuit against her, alleging that the move went against their previous agreement that neither would sell unless the other gave their consent. NDA claims are at the center of a new legal drama that has started and is still going on.
The Stoli Group is a company that owns a number of luxury alcohol brands and is owned by the SPI Group. According to The Daily Mail, Pitt has been attempting to depose Alexey Oliynik, a member of the Stoli Group, on the grounds that he thinks Oliynik has firsthand knowledge of Jolie’s negotiations that support “his core claims” in the court case.
Oliynik has claimed that he cannot be compelled to participate in the legal battle between the two celebrities in California because he lives in Switzerland, according to the outlet. A judge hasn’t made a decision yet.
A request for comment from the Daily Beast was not immediately answered by the Stoli Group.
