According to recent reports, the legal battle between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie over the Chateau Miraval winery is expected to become more complicated.
They are both very stubborn, and this case will only become more difficult, an insider told Us Weekly in this week’s issue.
In 2008, the ex-lovers purchased a majority stake in the vineyard in the South of France and made the decision that they would not sell their shares without first consulting one another.
Following their breakup in 2016, the Maleficent actress sold her shares in Château Miraval to Russian booze tycoon Stoli, angering Bullet Train actor.
Pitt claimed that Jolie did not consult him before selling her shares to Tenute del Mondo in a lawsuit he filed earlier this year.
Pitt claimed in his lawsuit that the woman who sold her interest did so with the knowledge and intent that Shefler and his associates would try to take over the company to which he had devoted himself and to undermine Pitt’s investment in Miraval.
The insider said, “Brad was never given the choice to purchase Miraval. He would have been happy to make a kind offer, but he was never given the chance.
The insider continued, “He feels that is the main reason Angelina sold her stake to them,” adding that Jolie was aware that the sale to Stoli was “against” the wishes of her ex-husband.
In February, a different source told the publication that Pitt attempted to acquire his ex-ownership wife’s interest but that she “made the negotiations difficult and was not being fair.”
Pitt was “blindsided” when she made the deal with Stoli, but he still had hope that they would come to an agreement.
The source claimed Jolie did it “just to punish Pitt,” adding, “He assumed they’d work it out because she knows how important the winery is to him.” He was hurt by what she did.
