Brad Pitt has rated his ex-wife an AAngelina Jolie is a hypocrite for claiming she wanted to use a non-disclosure agreement in the sale of her French vineyard to ‘control’ it, despite regularly gagging her own staff with similar contracts.
Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 48, have been embroiled in a bitter battle over their vineyard and home in France after the Tomb Raider star sold his $64 million stake to Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler in 2021.
The Chateau Miraval estate, which produces an award-winning sparkling rosé, is at the center of a long-running court battle between the couple.
Legal documents seen by DailyMail.com show the actress claimed she abandoned talks to sell her share of the vineyard to Pitt for $54 million because of the standard non-disparagement clause in her proposed contract for the sale.
She claims it was an “excessive” attempt by her ex-partner to “control” her after their separation.
Brad Pitt is now demanding that his ex-wife Angelina Jolie hand over confidentiality documents from previous agreements he entered into with third parties, in the latest motion in his ongoing legal battle over his Miraval winery. He is pictured at the castle with his business partner Marc Perrin.
The actor’s lawyers are seeking to discredit Jolie’s claims that he refused to sell his share of Chateau Miraval to Pitt after she took issue with his NDA proposal.
An aerial view of Chateau Miraval in Le Val, southeastern France, the winery and house that Brangelina bought for $27 million.
Pitt’s lawyers told the Los Angeles Superior Court today that Jolie’s objection to the NDA was really just a cover story she made up to “rationalize” her betrayal of Pitt.
Lawyers for the Fight Club stars also claim that she asked Pitt to sign a broader confidentiality agreement just six months later as part of their divorce settlement talks.
Part of her motion requests that Jolie disclose any other confidentiality agreements she has entered into with third parties, including her own staff.
The southern French castle, where the couple married in 2014, became Pitt’s “passion” and one of the most respected rosé wine producers in the world.
They argue that it could ‘undermine their defense’ and is the latest twist in the so-called ‘War of the Pinks’ between the former Hollywood couple.
Pitt’s lawyers argue that the disclosure of their confidentiality agreements will ultimately discredit Jolie’s arguments about why she abandoned talks with her ex-husband.
Court documents state: “If Jolie were to condition a person’s continued employment on that person’s agreement to a confidentiality agreement covering what they witnessed in her home, including her treatment of her children and Pitt, that would be highly probative. whether he really believed in the provision. What Pitt requested was an “excessive silence order.”
‘The same applies with respect to any confidentiality agreement between Jolie and any third party with whom she has a relationship or who has assisted with the care of the couple’s children.
“To the extent that Jolie requested silence from this third party about her family or home life, particularly in a circumstance where there was no commercial justification, it would say a lot about whether Jolie actually saw the confidentiality agreement requested by Pitt, which was linked to the Miraval business, as the one who closed the deal, as he later claimed he was.
Pitt’s lawyers argue that the disclosure of their confidentiality agreements will ultimately discredit Jolie’s arguments about why she abandoned talks with her ex-husband.
Pitt at Chateau Miraval during the launch of her skincare line, Le Domaine
Pitt says he was surprised when Jolie sold her share of Chateau Miraval, a 35-room estate and famous vineyard in the south of France that Pitt and Jolie bought for $60 million in 2011. The 1,000-acre property, now valued at $164 million – is where the couple married in 2014
A letter from Jolie’s legal team dated April 2021 included her own draft non-disparagement agreement, along with a second from her US divorce lawyers six months after she withdrew from the sale, which suggested an even broader confidentiality agreement as part of their divorce.
Pitt’s filing adds: “The scope, terms, and subject matter covered by the NDAs that Jolie signed or asked a third party to sign are probative of whether Jolie actually withdrew from negotiations with Pitt because of the NDA she requested, as she it states”. .
“Just as an example, if Jolie had required others to sign non-disclosure agreements that were at least as broad as the one she claims is so ‘unconscionable’ here, it would seriously undermine her supposed excuse for ending negotiations with Pitt and covertly negotiate with Stoli. The existence of these documents is also not speculative.’
Jolie is accused of “flatly refusing” to produce other confidentiality agreements she signed or asked others to sign, and insists they are not relevant.
It comes 24 hours after Jolie’s team filed new documents claiming Pitt physically abused her before their 2016 fight on a plane that led to their split.
Sources close to Pitt are accusing Jolie of filing the filings to create a “smokescreen” to distract from the central issues of the Chateau Miraval case.
Pitt was shocked when his ex-wife sold half of his stunning Chateau Miraval property without his agreement to Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler in 2021.
Angelina and Vivienne have been working together on the project since the teenager was interested in theater. Also seen was Matt Dillon, who was one of the stars of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 coming-of-age crime drama.
Vivienne is seen bottom center with the cast and crew; mom angelina is on the right
A friend told DailyMail.com: “This case is not about what happened on a plane in 2016.
It’s about whether they had an agreement not to sell their interests in the winery and the family home without each other’s consent.
‘That’s what Brad and his team are focused on, and so far the legal push has been on their side.
‘The confidentiality agreement that Jolie was asked to sign is a standard commercial contract designed to protect the asset being sold, in this case her stake in Chateau Miraval.
“It’s unclear why he finds it so unconscionable when his own attorneys suggested a mutually binding gag clause as part of their divorce just months later.”
The arguments come after Pitt won several legal victories in the battle over the winery, including a key ruling in Luxembourg that returned him control of the award-winning vineyard pending further hearings.
Last month, the Los Angeles Superior Court rejected allegations that her lawsuit was “frivolous, malicious and part of a problematic pattern.”