The bitter legal dispute between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie over their French winery, Château Miraval, continues to drag through the courts with no resolution in sight.
The former couple has been locked in litigation since 2022 over the $164 million wine business they once co-owned in the south of France.
Pitt and Jolie married at the property in 2014, having originally purchased the Château together back in 2008 with an understanding that neither would sell without mutual agreement.
The legal battle was triggered in February 2022 when Pitt filed suit, arguing that Jolie’s decision to sell her stake without his consent was unlawful and violated the terms of their partnership.
In 2021, Jolie sold her share of Château Miraval to Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Stoli Group, controlled by billionaire alcohol magnate Yuri Shefler, for $164 million.
Jolie had originally intended to sell her half directly to Pitt, but negotiations collapsed after he insisted she sign a nondisclosure agreement covering allegations of abuse leading up to their split.
The NDA would have barred Jolie from publicizing allegations related to a 2016 altercation aboard a private plane, a condition she refused to accept before striking a deal with Shefler instead.
In a countersuit filed after Pitt sued her over the winery, Jolie detailed for the first time allegations of abuse by Pitt against her and their children, which Pitt has denied.
Pitt has accused Jolie of deliberately dragging out proceedings, after her legal team requested the trial start date be pushed back nine months to late 2027.
Pitt’s legal team warned that the delay risks losing critical witness testimony, arguing that “important evidence is disappearing,” a concern underscored by the death of key witness and Jolie’s former business manager Terry Bird.
A judge in Los Angeles County Superior Court partially granted Pitt’s motion to compel testimony from key business associates of Jolie’s, a development that could be seen as a minor procedural win for the actor.
Court documents reveal that “the wine business associated with the French château has also suffered, as the business has been stymied by the dispute between the château’s indirect shareholders and by Stoli’s repeated efforts to interfere with, and gain control of, the château.”
The broader legal fight has peeled back years of personal and financial conflict between the two Oscar-winning stars, turning a once-celebrated property into a courtroom battleground.
Barring any settlement, Pitt and Jolie are expected to finally face off at trial over the winery dispute sometime in 2027.
