{"id":15413,"date":"2023-06-08T12:38:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T10:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/?p=15413"},"modified":"2023-06-08T13:10:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T11:10:32","slug":"chateau-de-miraval-the-legal-battle-between-brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/chateau-de-miraval-the-legal-battle-between-brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u00e2teau de Miraval: the legal battle between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p>Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has made new accusations against Angelina Jolie in their dispute over Ch\u00e2teau Miraval. In particular, he denounces his ex-wife&#8217;s disloyal attitude and accuses her of having sold his shares in the winery without his consent.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The legal battle between <strong>Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt<\/strong> is not about to end. The American actor, who turns 60 this year, has reactivated legal proceedings against his ex-wife, accusing her of selling his shares in their <strong>French ch\u00e2teau de Miraval<\/strong> without his consent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ch\u00e2teau de Miraval is a <strong>17th-century<\/strong> Proven\u00e7al ch\u00e2teau-bastide in the commune of <strong>Correns<\/strong>, in the Var region of France. It comprises a <strong>600-hectare<\/strong> estate that includes a pine forest, an olive grove and a <strong>30-hectare Provence vineyard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15416\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-370x246.jpeg 370w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-20x13.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-185x123.jpeg 185w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-740x493.jpeg 740w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-400x266.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-600x399.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/detail-72x48.jpeg 72w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The complaint, filed on <strong>June 1<\/strong> by Brad Pitt&#8217;s lawyers with the California court handling the divorce, highlights new documents. These accuse Jolie of attempting to <em>&#8220;seize profits she has not earned and returns on an investment she has not made&#8221;<\/em>, and describe her actions as <em>&#8220;vindictive&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Subject of litigation<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>2011<\/strong>, after renting the ch\u00e2teau for three years for their vacations, the acting couple acquired Ch\u00e2teau de Miraval and its estate for <strong>35 million euros<\/strong>. They became owners of Miraval wines in a <strong>50\/50 partnership with winemaker Marc Perrin<\/strong>. The actors then undertook a <strong>10 million euro<\/strong> renovation and refurbishment of the ch\u00e2teau in preparation for their wedding, which was held in privacy in <strong>August 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15418\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-370x208.jpeg 370w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-20x11.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-185x104.jpeg 185w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-740x416.jpeg 740w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/un_miravala083120_1600-85x48.jpeg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But by <strong>October 2021<\/strong>, Angelina Jolie, separated from Brad Pitt, had sold her shares in the ch\u00e2teau and estate, now valued at <strong>$164 million (around \u20ac142 million)<\/strong>, to the <strong>Tenute del Mondo<\/strong> wine group. This group is part of the portfolio of the Luxembourg company <strong>Stoli<\/strong>, owned by <strong>Yuri Shefler<\/strong>. According to the legal documents, Mr. Shefler is described as <em>&#8220;an oligarch from the Russian Federation&#8221;<\/em> and a man who, according to Brad Pitt, had already tried to buy Miraval from him, which he refused.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Lack of consent<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the new documents, Brad Pitt denounces his ex-wife&#8217;s <strong>disloyal attitude<\/strong>, and claims that she acted out of revenge after <em>&#8220;an unfavorable decision in the custody of the children&#8221;. &#8220;Her decision to end negotiations with Pitt was intentional and a pretext. As the trial will demonstrate, Jolie&#8217;s actions were unlawful, seriously and intentionally harming Pitt and unjustly enriching him&#8221;,<\/em> the new documents quote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Above all, the actor claims that there was no mutual consent in the sale of Jolie&#8217;s shares in the Tenute del Mondo winery. Indeed, at the time of the purchase of the property, the couple had signed an <strong>agreement stipulating that no transfer of shares was possible without the consent of both parties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Angelina Jolie&#8217;s lawyer, <strong>Paul Murphy<\/strong>, said that the sale of the shares would enable the actress to regain her <em>&#8220;financial independence&#8221; in order to &#8220;find some form of peace and closure in this deeply painful and traumatic chapter of her life and that of her children&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read also &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/mugabe-family-fortune-revealed\/?lang=en\">MUGABE FAMILY FORTUNE REVEALED<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"thb-post-title-bottom thb-post-share-style3\">\n<div class=\"thb-post-title-inline-author\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thb-post-title-bottom thb-post-share-style3\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"thb-post-title-inline-author\">Featured photo : \u00a9 Erik Pendzich\/Shutterstock<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has made new accusations against Angelina Jolie in their dispute over Ch\u00e2teau Miraval. 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