- The former couple is engaged in a lengthy legal battle over a property they purchased in 2008 for $28.4 million.
- Jolie sold her stake to Russian alcohol tycoon Yuri Shefler, who is worth an estimated $2.5 billion.
- The former Hollywood power couple, who married in 2014 and separated in 2016, have been entangled in the legal system amid battles over their fortune and custody of their children.
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Brad Pitt is moving forward in his lawsuit against his ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling her share of their co-owned French estate and winery, Château Miraval, to Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler in 2021.
The 60-year-old actor, according to legal documents reviewed by The American sun Monday, “won a victory in a French court last week” in a ruling over documents seized by authorities during a March 2022 search.
“There’s a long way to go in this dispute, but at the moment, the momentum is certainly on Brad’s side,” an insider close to the Moneyball frontman told the media after Thursday’s court ruling. call from Aix-en-Provence. Provence.
The source said last week’s ruling marked the third consecutive time Pitt has made progress in the case.
“In recent months, he has scored three victories in court in three different jurisdictions: Luxembourg, the United States and now France,” the source said of the Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood actor. . “From the outset of this hostile takeover bid, he made it clear that he was not going to be intimidated – and he meant it.”
Brad Pitt is making progress in his lawsuit against his ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling her share of their co-owned French estate and winery, Château Miraval, to Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler, 56.
The Fight Club actor “stood strong and will continue to do what’s right.”
The recent decision was linked to a March 2022 search of the winery, during which officials wielding search warrants took possession of documents and a computer related to accusations against Shefler’s Nouvel company of ” embezzlement and abuse of company assets,” according to the media outlet, citing documents in the case.
Under French law, companies involved in lawsuits may be authorized by the court to collect evidence from the parties they are suing, in conjunction with court-appointed officials.
The outlet reported that in that case, a separate court later overturned the aforementioned decision, ordering that items collected from Shefler “remain locked and sealed” pending further court orders.
Thursday, according to the media, judge Valérie Gérard prevented Shelfer and his company Nouvel from accessing documents acquired during the raid.
The judge said that as an “indirect shareholder”, Nouvel “had no legal authority” to request access to the documents, which are in the custody of officials at French company SA Château Miraval de Pitt.
Nouvel was also ordered by the judge to remit a sum of approximately $21,000 for legal costs, according to the media.
The documents will be placed in a safe at Château Miraval under the responsibility of the Pitt company, the media reported.
Pitt said in court documents that he and Jolie originally purchased the winery in 2008 (2008 photo) for $28.4 million.
The latest development in the case comes weeks after Jolie failed to convince the Los Angeles Superior Court to dismiss the case altogether.
The latest development in the case comes weeks after Jolie failed to convince the Los Angeles Superior Court to dismiss the case altogether.
The legal conflict was of great magnitude, since a Luxembourg court in November restricted Shefler’s power over part of his shares, Pitt thus becoming the majority shareholder.
The Oscar-winning stars married at the Provence estate in southern France in 2014 and separated in 2016. They became entangled in the legal system amid battles over their fortune and custody of their children.