Angelina Jolie hints at the 'despair' and 'pain' of her divorce from Brad Pitt as she arrives at the Venice Film Festival photocall for her heartbreaking new movie Maria
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2024 06:50
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Angelina Jolie hinted at the heavy emotional toll which her divorce from Brad Pitt has taken on her, saying she has been through 'despair' and 'pain.'Jolie, 49, split from her film star husband after a disputed incident on a plane in 2016.She has said in court documents that he assaulted her and some of their six children and poured wine and beer on the family in a rage. He has always denied being violent towards her or the family.Ms Jolie is at the film festival in Venice to promote the film Maria, in which she plays the opera singer Maria Callas.Asked about her musical tastes she said: 'I was more of a punk and I loved all music but I probably listened to The Clash more than most.'As I have gotten older I have listened to classical music and opera. I think I still love the music I did when I was younger, I would still listen to The Clash.'But I think when you have felt a certain level of despair, of pain, of love at a certain point there are only certain sounds that can match that feeling and to me the immensity of the feeling encapsulated in the sounds of opera - there is nothing like it.'That feeling that would move all of us if we were to hear it would be the only sound that would explain that pain, so I have leant more towards it now.'She reflected on the premiere of the film on Thursday along with the release of Without Blood which she has co-produced, next week at the Toronto International Film Festival, which means that she is picking up the threads of her movie career which has been largely on pause since splitting from Pitt.Jolie said: 'To be honest I have needed to be home more with my family these last years.''In that time I have become maybe more grateful to have the opportunity to be an artist and to play and to be among all of you, and to just be in this creative world that we are all fortunate to be a part of. 'I am happy to be here and I am grateful to be an artist in any way.'Ms Jolie spent seven months training how to sing for her role in the film, and she performs as Maria Callas at the point when she was close to death and losing her voice. Producers have indicated that they blended Ms Jolie's voice with Ms Callas'.
She said: 'Everybody here knows I was terribly nervous about the singing. I spent almost seven months training because when you work with (director) Pablo (Larrain) you cant do anything by half. 'He demands in a most wonderful way that that you really do the work and really learn and train .'My first time singing I was so nervous that my sons were there and they helped to block the door so that nobody else was coming in.' 'And I was shaky. Pablo in his decency started me in a small room and ended me in La Scala. So he gave me a time to grow. I was frightened to live up to her and you know I had not sung in public.'Pablo Larrain said that the film was a celebration of Callas' life and Jolie added that she hoped that the singer had known at the end of her life how loved she was.Callas, hailed as the greatest voice in the history of opera, died aged only 53 in 1977 after a period of ill health and isolation. She had been heartbroken after husband Ari Onassis abandoned her for JFK's widow Jackie Kennedy.Jolie said that she related strongly to Callas adding: 'Theres a lot I won't say in this room that you probably know or assume.''Probably what I relate to is the part of her that's extra soft. She didn't have room in the world to be as soft as she was or as emotionally open as she was I think I share her vulnerability more than anything.'Pitt and Jolie are divorced but hostilities over finances and custody continue. Daughter Shiloh recently filed to drop 'Pitt' from her surname on her 18th birthday, revealing a deep rift.Older children Maddox and Pax are believed to have no relationship with Pitt either. Only twins Vivienne and Knox are under 18. The former couple are in dispute over Jolie selling her share in their Chateau Miraval vineyard to Russian oligarch Yuri Sheffler.Awkwardly Brad will also be in Venice this week- for his new hitman-caper movie Wolfs, with George Clooney.Sources indicate that the schedules have been arranged so that the warring couple - who continue to be embroiled in legal action eight years after they split - will not be at the film festival at the same time.Angelina will likely fly straight out of Venice following the Thursday night premiere of Maria before Brad heads to town in time for his Sunday night premiere.
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Angelina Jolie puts her protracted divorce to one side as she attends the 81st Venice Film Festival premiere of Maria in a sweeping floor-length gown... after hinting at the 'despair' and 'pain' of her separation from Brad Pitt
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2024 06:19
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The dark cloud of divorce made way for azure blue skies on Thursday as Angelina Jolie attended the 81st annual Venice Film Festival premiere of Maria. The actress, 49, currently in the throes of a protracted divorce from Brad Pitt, made a welcome red carpet appearance ahead of the film's first official screening, in competition, at the annual ceremony.Jolie looked stunning in an elegant floor-length evening gown with off-the-shoulder detailing as she greeted photographers on day two of this year's festival. The stunning stone chiffon gown, designed exclusively for the actress by designer and couture house Tamara Ralph, featured draped detailing and a short train, with the number finished off with an elegant, fluffy faux-fur stole and a gold floral pin. The star, who plays famed opera singer Maria Callas in the film, left her sleek golden locks to fall over her shoulders, while highlighted her features with a classic smoky eye and a statement red lip. At one point, the film star was seen tenderly attending to a sick hospital patient, who appears to have been brought to the premiere just to see Angelina.The actress crouched down next to the man and was seen sweetly talking to him, as well as interacting with others who accompanied him. Angelina managed to plaster on a smile for the glitzy event despite recently hinting at the heavy emotional toll which her divorce from Brad Pitt has taken on her, saying she has been through 'despair' and 'pain.'The beauty split from her film star husband after a disputed incident on a plane in 2016.She has said in court documents that he assaulted her and some of their six children and poured wine and beer on the family in a rage. He has always denied being violent towards her or the family.Angelina's words came during a photocall to promote the film Maria at the film festival, in which she plays the opera singer Maria Callas. When asked about her musical tastes she said: 'I was more of a punk and I loved all music but I probably listened to The Clash more than most.'As I have gotten older I have listened to classical music and opera. I think I still love the music I did when I was younger, I would still listen to The Clash.'But I think when you have felt a certain level of despair, of pain, of love at a certain point there are only certain sounds that can match that feeling and to me the immensity of the feeling encapsulated in the sounds of opera - there is nothing like it.'That feeling that would move all of us if we were to hear it would be the only sound that would explain that pain, so I have leant more towards it now.'
She reflected on the premiere of the film on Thursday along with the release of Without Blood which she has co-produced, next week at the Toronto International Film Festival, which means that she is picking up the threads of her movie career which has been largely on pause since splitting from Pitt.Jolie said: 'To be honest I have needed to be home more with my family these last years.''In that time I have become maybe more grateful to have the opportunity to be an artist and to play and to be among all of you, and to just be in this creative world that we are all fortunate to be a part of. 'I am happy to be here and I am grateful to be an artist in any way.' Meanwhile at the premiere, Taylor Russell commanded attention in a glamorous cream midi dress as she posed on the red carpet.The Canadian actress, 30, looked incredible in the strapless number which boasted a figure hugging ruched bodice and cascaded down into a long skirt. Taylor posed up a storm on the star-studded red carpet as she wore the train of her eye catching skirt as a neck scarf. Styling her dark tresses in a neat up do, the ex-girlfriend of singer Harry Styles added inches to her frame in a pair of towering heels. She accessorised with a dazzling chunky bracelet and opted for a pair of coordinated stud earrings. It comes after Taylor sparked rumours whether she is seeing ex Harry again as she was spotted walking around the singer's beloved Hampstead last week. She was reported to have split from the Watermelon Sugar singer, also 30, in May after a year together, although this was never confirmed. Elsewhere, Eva Herzigová put on a daring display in a sheer body stocking ensemble as she attended the premiere.The Czech model, 51, looked nothing short of sensational as she showed off her slender figure in a swirl print body stocking which featured a black halterneck bodysuit layered over the top. The stylish bodysuit boasted a criss-cross halterneck design, a cutout panel at the waist, a high-leg design, and a sheer long train which draped delicately at the back. She teamed an extravagant gold belly chain with the ensemble and added inches to her tall frame with a pair of black stiletto court heels. To further accessorise the look, the blonde bombshell wore a chunky gold pendant necklace.
Angelina spent seven months training how to sing for her role in the film, and she performs as Maria Callas at the point when she was close to death and losing her voice. Producers have indicated that they blended Ms Jolie's voice with Ms Callas'. Detailing her unease at singing publicly for the first time, she said: 'Everybody here knows I was terribly nervous about the singing. I spent almost seven months training because when you work with (director) Pablo (Larrain) you cant do anything by half.
'He demands in a most wonderful way that that you really do the work and really learn and train.'My first time singing I was so nervous that my sons were there and they helped to block the door so that nobody else was coming in.''And I was shaky. Pablo in his decency started me in a small room and ended me in La Scala. So he gave me a time to grow. I was frightened to live up to her and you know I had not sung in public.'Pablo Larrain said that the film was a celebration of Callas' life and Jolie added that she hoped that the singer had known at the end of her life how loved she was.Callas, hailed as the greatest voice in the history of opera, died aged only 53 in 1977 after a period of ill health and isolation. She had been heartbroken after husband Ari Onassis abandoned her for JFK's widow Jackie Kennedy.Angelina said that she related strongly to Callas adding: 'There's a lot I won't say in this room that you probably know or assume.''Probably what I relate to is the part of her that's extra soft. She didn't have room in the world to be as soft as she was or as emotionally open as she was I think I share her vulnerability more than anything.'As well as Angelina, the film stars Valeria Golino as Maria sister Yakinthi, and Haluk Bilginer as Aristotle Onassis. 'I take very seriously the responsibility to Maria's life and legacy,' Angelina said previously in a statement. 'I will give all I can to meet the challenge.' The Tomb Raider star also mentioned the film's director, Pablo, whom she said she 'long admired.'The mother of six added: 'To be allowed the chance to tell more of Maria's story with him, and with a script by Steven Knight, is a dream.'Angelina is lucky enough to wear some of Callas' real clothes in the film, including vintage fur items from Massimo Cantini Parrini’s archive collection. The actress has played famous people before: In 1998 she starred as tragic supermodel Gia Carangi in Gia and in 2007 she starred as Mariana Pearl in the film A Mighty Heart.The director, who is best known for the bio pictures Jackie (about Jackie Kennedy, played by Natalie Portman) and Spencer (about Princess Diana, played by Kristen Stewart), said: 'Having the chance to combine my two most deep and personal passions, cinema and opera, has been a long-awaited dream,' Larraín said. 'To do this with Angelina, a supremely brave and curious artist, is a fascinating opportunity. A true gift.'Maria was written by Steven Knight prior to Hollywood’s WGA strike and granted a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.Callas lived from 1923 until 1977. She was born in American of Greek heritage and then trained in Greece as well as Italy.She was not just known for her incredible voice, which helped make her one of the top opera singers of the 20th century, but also for her striking beauty which put a spotlight on her many romances.
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Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of trying to make her sign an $8.5M NDA to 'force her silence' about her abuse allegations against him
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- Published on Saturday, 03 August 2024 15:19
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Angelina Jolie has claimed Brad Pitt tried to make her sign an $8.5 million non-disclosure agreement to 'force her silence' about her abuse allegations against him.Jolie, 49, filed for divorce against Pitt, 60, in September 2016, after a mysterious dispute on a private plane in the presence of their son Maddox, now 22.Early in the proceedings, the FBI looked into allegations that Pitt became 'physical' with Maddox on the jet, but the investigation was closed with no charges filed. However, in court documents she filed this April, Jolie accused Pitt of having been abusive to her 'well before' the plane ride.Now, in the course of the ongoing legal battle over their winery in the South of France, Jolie has repeated the abuse claim, in a new filing obtained by People.DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Pitt and Jolie for comment.Jolie and Pitt first acquired the winery, the Chateau Miraval, in 2008 when they had been romantically involved for years but were not yet married. The feud over the property stems from the fact Jolie sold her half to Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler for $62 million in 2021, amid her divorce proceedings.Pitt sued her over the sale, insisting that she was contractually obligated to obtain his consent before offloading her portion of the Chateau Miraval.Amid the collapse of their marriage, Pitt and Jolie also plunged into a rancorous custody battle over their six children, four of whom are now adults.They conceived three biological children - Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 - and also adopted Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, and Zahara, 19.Jolie submitted her latest legal filing in the winery case to the Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 25, bringing up both the custody battle and abuse claims.Her legal team insisted that when she sold her half of the Chateau Miraval, she 'was not acting with malice and the intent to hurt Pitt in response to any custody ruling.'The documents asserted: 'Instead, it was Pitt who refused to buy her interest unless he received his newly expanded NDA, enforceable by an $8.5 million holdback specifically designed to force her silence about his abuse and cover-up.'Her attorneys added: 'While Pitt advances what is effectively an outdated privacy-of-domestic-violence argument to shield his abuse, his argument is not the law, at least not in this century, and he cites no authority that would give him such unwarranted protections. In any event, he waived any privacy protections when he sued Jolie.'
Jolie's team has previously argued Pitt should be made to turn over his personal communications as part of discovery in the winery case.Pitt has pushed back against the 'wide-ranging' and 'intrusive' demand, with his lawyers claiming Jolie wanted access to information 'about such sensitive issues as therapy he voluntarily undertook' after the plane ride.However, he maintained that he had been willing to turn over 'documents sufficient to show everything that occurred on the flight.'In legal documents submitted July 15, Pitt's team accused Jolie of attempting to 'turn this business dispute into a re-litigation of the former couple’s divorce case.'They put forward the view that Pitt's 'private, third-party communications' from the period of the 2016 plane ride were not pertinent to the Chateau Miraval lawsuit.However, in her court filing last week, Jolie's team remained firm in their insistence that Pitt should have to submit communications relevant to her abuse claims.'Jolie has no desire to litigate these issues and for years never publicly discussed any of it,' the legal documents alleged. 'Rather than appreciate her discretion, Pitt sought to contractually mandate and enforce it.'They added: 'Because she refused, he seeks to punish her, demanding $67 million plus punitive damages. In so doing, Pitt placed his conduct squarely at issue. While Jolie sincerely wishes Pitt would end this litigation and finally put their family on a clear path toward healing, that cannot happen while Pitt relentlessly pursues her.'In May, a judge ordered Jolie to turn over 'all NDAs to which she is a party,' complying with with a request made by Pitt's team in legal papers obtained by DailyMail.com.Jolie previously claimed that she refused to sell her half of the Chateau Miraval to Pitt because the NDA he had insisted on as a condition was 'controlling and punishing.'
However, Pitt's attorneys shot back that her objection to the NDA was a 'pure pretext' for the sale to Shefler, whose business empire includes Stolichnaya vodka.They argued that it was normal for public figures to seek NDAs, asserting that Jolie had also availed herself of the measure in the past. 'For example, fewer than six months after the sale to Stoli, Jolie's lawyer proposed an ever broader, mutual non-disparagement clause to Pitt, in connection with resolving the couple's divorce, and Jolie has signed or requested comparable NDAs from others,' Pitt's lawyers alleged in a legal filing in May.Pitt's team requested that Jolie be ordered to turn over all her NDAs, as well as other related documents, and a judge granted the motion.He allegedly remains estranged from his children, to the point that this May, after turning 18, Shiloh filed to have her surname changed from Jolie-Pitt to simply Jolie.Meanwhile Pax recently suffered a terrifying accident when he crashed his dirt bike into a car in Los Angeles while not wearing a helmet.Sources informed DailyMail.com that Jolie was 'by his side in hospital,' while 'Brad is distraught and worried over Pax's accident, but he is unable to reach him.'The accident came four years after Pax unleashed an explosive social media rant calling his father a 'world class a**hole' and a 'terrible and despicable person' who had caused his four younger children to 'tremble in fear.'
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt take evasive action to avoid a Venice showdown - amid eight year long divorce
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- Published on Friday, 02 August 2024 15:33
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Angelina Jolie is due in Venice in a month's time to promote the film Maria, in which she plays opera legend Maria Callas.Awkwardly, her former husband Brad Pitt will be there, too - for his new hitman-caper movie Wolfs, with George Clooney. Sources indicate that the schedules have been arranged so that the warring couple - who continue to be embroiled in legal action eight years after they split - will not be at the film festival at the same time.Like those German weather house clocks where one figure comes out as the other goes in, they are going to attend the festival and stay at the same hotel, the Cipriani - but not come face to face. The estranged pair have managed never to be at the same event in Hollywood since splitting, with Jolie largely skipping red-carpet events in LA, even though she lives there with their six children.It comes after it was revealed Brad is 'distraught' and upset he has been unable to speak to his estranged son Pax who is in hospital after crashing his bike into the back of a car in Los Angeles. Pax was not wearing a Helmert when his electric dirt bike ran up the back of a car stopped at a red light on Sunday at 5.12pm on Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to Dailymail.com. Witnesses at the scene said Pax immediately complained about pain in his head and hip after the crash. Responding police and paramedics were worried he'd suffered bleeding on his brain so rushed him to the hospital. The car's driver reportedly did their duty by getting out and checking on the injured Pax before police and paramedics arrived. A source close to Angelia Jolie told Dailymail.com she's 'by his side in hospital' where he remains in a stable condition. ' The full extent of his injuries are not yet clear. Pax has been been estranged from Pitt since an alleged domestic violence incident with on a private jet with ex-wife Angelina in 2016. In an Instagram post from 2020, he called his Pitt a 'world class a***hole' and an 'awful human being'. But despite their lack of contact, a source told DailyMail.com: ' Brad is distraught and worried over Pax's accident, but he is unable to reach him. 'It is very upsetting to Brad whenever he hears of one of the kids being hurt and he feels completely powerless because there is nothing that he can do at all.''A father's inclination would be to go to the hospital, or to call him. He's tried so many times but the kids won't take his calls. His hands are tied.' 'Brad doesn't think that Pax should be driving a scooter without a helmet to begin with - he should have been in a car,' the insider said, in a subtle swipe at Angelina. DailyMail.com has contacted représentatives for Pitt and Jolie for comment.
Pax was adopted by Jolie , 49, from an orphanage in Vietnam when he was three.He remains close to his mother, as do his five siblings, Maddox, 23, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16.A source close to Jolie blamed Pitt for his fractured relationship with Pax.The estranged couple were recently involved in a bitter fight after Pitt filed a $67 million lawsuit against Jolie over the sale of their Miraval wine business.Pax was spotted riding riding around Los Angeles riding on a $3,000 Talaria Sting R MX4 electric bike on July 11th. He wasn't wearing a helmet.California laws require all motorcycle riders to wear helmets, while all under 18s must wear them for type three electric scooters. He was also not supposed to be riding the off-road scooter on the road.Pax and Angelina had a rare public sighting two days after the when they went out for Japanese food at the celebrity hotspot Sushi Park in West Hollywood.Jolie adopted Pax from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2007 when he was three. He had been dumped as a newborn by his heroin-addicted biological mother.In addition to Pax, she and Brad share five other children. Their three biological children are daughter Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16.Maddox, 22, was adopted by Jolie from Cambodia in 2002. Zahara, 19, was adopted by Jolie from Ethiopia in 2005.Pitt later joined her in adopting Maddox and Zahara in 2006, and Pax in 2008.Pitt and Jolie began dating in 2005 after Pitt's marriage to Jennifer Aniston, 55, ended. They got engaged in 2012 and married in 2014 in Miraval, France.Pitt and Jolie have been stuck in a bitter divorce battle over assets and custody for years.Pax has not been seen with Pitt since Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016.Jolie filed for divorce after a fight between Pitt and Maddox aboard a private jet from France to California in 2016.
According to an FBI report on the incident, which was published in 2022, Jolie accused Pitt of physical assault after a flight to California in 2016.She claimed that he was intoxicated and that he grabbed her by the head and shook her, and later pushed her down, as part of a confrontation allegedly related to their children.According to the FBI, Jolie said Pitt told the children that she was 'f***ing up this family, ' and she claimed he punched the ceiling of the airplane four times.His youngest daughter Vivienne, who had worked as Jolie's assistant when she produced the Broadway musical adaptation of The Outsiders, listed her name as Vivienne Jolie in the show's program — rather than using her what was previously listed as her name — Vivienne Jolie-Pitt — though it's unclear if she may have changed it legally.Later that month, his daughter Shiloh filed a legal request to drop his last name from her own name after she turned 18.However, a clerical error in the court's background-check procedure led to a delay in a hearing on the request, People reported on Monday.In November 2023, Zahara shouted out her name as 'Zahara Marley Jolie' at her Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority introduction ceremony at Spelman College, excising 'Pitt' from her last name.Following the latest round of children appearing to remove Pitt's name from their own, it was reported that the oldest boys Pax and Maddox had not been using the hyphenated name in years, though it's unknown if they have legally changed their names.As Pax and his three oldest siblings are all over 18, they are not required to have regular visitation with Pitt, though his minor children Knox and Vivienne are.In May, a source close to the Oscar winner told DailyMail.com that he hopes to 'rekindle' his relationship with his children, and they claimed their bond was 'broken by the divorce.'The source also accused Jolie of ensuring that their children had 'limited involvement' with their father .
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's bitter 'war of the rosé' legal wrangle over Chateau Miraval is due back in court today after major new twist in the ongoing dispute
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- Published on Friday, 02 August 2024 05:08
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's bitter legal battle over Chateau Miraval is due back in court today after Jolie's side filed a new motion in court. Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 49, have been embroiled in a dispute over their co-ownership of the idyllic French winery, which they purchased while happily married in 2008, with the actor suing his ex-wife for selling her half to Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler without his consent for $62 million in October 2021. The former couple's 'war of the rosé' legal battle is entering another round as the latest hearing of the case is scheduled at an LA courthouse at 9am today, although Pitt and Jolie are not expected to appear. Jolie's former company Nouvel LLC - a subsidiary of Shefler's Tenute del Mondo B.V. - filed a motion to compel Campari America LLC to produce an agreement about wine distribution with Chateau Miraval. Since Jolie sold her stake, the former partners entered into an acrimonious mudslinging over NDA's, which have become a key battleground in their fight.In the motion filed on July 29, Nouvel LLC asks to 'produce the most knowledgeable person(s) and relevant documents regarding a distribution agreement executed on or around September 2023' between Campari America LLC - a non-party in Pitt and Jolie's legal battle - and Chateau Miraval. Nouvel LLC accused Pitt 'and his allies' of freezing the company out of the winery, including the decision to give Campari the right to be the sole distributor of the rosé wine produced at Chateau Miraval. Pitt and Jolie, who met in 2004 while filming Mr. And Mrs. Smith before tying the knot in 2014, share six children together: sons Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, - who was involved in a terrifying e-bike crash in July - and Knox, 16, and daughters Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and Vivienne, 16. They filed for divorce in September 2016. Daughter Shiloh is embroiled in her own legal battle, as she is trying to drop Pitt from her last name of Jolie-Pitt. A hearing on the case was scheduled in court on Monday, but it was rescheduled for August 19 after 'the court was unable to complete the background check', Peter Levine, who is serving as legal representation for Jolie-Pitt in the matter, told People. In her parents' case, Pitt accused Jolie of breaching their purchase agreement to not sell to a third party without offering the other the right of first refusal when she sold her 50 per cent stake in Chateau Miraval to Shefler in 2021.The actor requested the sale be made void and sought monetary damages and legal fees, but it went through on October 5, 2021.
Pitt says in his complaint that the transaction to Russian oligarch Shefler harms the brand of Chateau Miraval after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.But Jolie's former company launched a $250million suit against Pitt in return, alleging that Pitt was trying to get control over the the company as revenge on Jolie over their split.When the then couple bought the 1200 acre winemaking enterprise and estate, Pitt took a 60 per cent stake while Jolie took 40 per cent. Pitt poured millions into the estate, riding the rosé wave, and expanding the business in an effort that saw sales grow 300 percent. Soon the estate they purchased for an estimated $60million was worth closer to $164million. By the time of their wedding, Jolie had 'stopped investing,' according to previously filed court records – something that she has denied. Still, Pitt transferred 10 percent of his share to her by way of a wedding gift in December 2013 'for the sum of €1 [never paid]' so that by the time of their marriage in August 2014, they were 50/50 equal partners. Jolie claims she backed out of their agreement because Pitt asked her to sign an NDA as part of their business deal, which allegedly would prevent her from speaking out about the abuse allegations, including the September 2016 incident onboard the private jet. Her team described this as an 'unconscionable' attempt by her ex-partner to 'control her' after their split. A source close to Pitt, later told People: 'Brad requested a mutual NDA and non-disparagement strictly related to Miraval over concerns around sensitive financial information and protecting the brand, which is standard with these types of transactions.' His legal team claimed that Jolie 'weaponized' NDAs, and asked for Pitt to sign a broader NDA just six months later as part of their divorce settlement talks.In a ruling made public back in May, Judge Lia Martin ordered the actress to produce all NDAs she proposed, or that were proposed to her by others, regardless of whether they were finalized or agreed.In July, Jolie's lawyer, Paul Murphy, said: 'When Angelina again asks Mr. Pitt to end the fighting and finally put their family on a clear path toward healing, unless Mr. Pitt withdraws his lawsuit, Angelina has no choice but to obtain the évidence necessary to prove his allegations wrong.'Recent documents filed on behalf of Pitt in objection to Jolie's latest request list the pieces of evidence she would obtain. These include 'any therapy in which [he] voluntarily agreed to engage from September 14, 2016 through December 31, 2018, his consumption of alcohol from 2008 through 2021, his random drug and alcohol testing following the flight, communications with various government agencies about the flight, and confidential filings from the parties' divorce case.''These requests are not designed to discover relevant evidence but rather to embarrass Pitt and/or to prejudice the trier of fact, which is not permitted by California's discovery statutes,' the documents read.The estranged couples' eight-year divorce, which has had them at war over custody of their children, has not been finalized after filing in 2016.
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