Accused by Brad Pitt of having ‘evil intentions’, Angelina responds
Brad Pitt has accused his ex-wife Angelina Jolie of having “evil intentions” against him when she sold a Russian oligarch his shares in their wine estate in the south of France, in which she knew the actor was much attached.
These accusations are made by Brad Pitt in new court documents recently attached to the civil complaint that the star filed in a Los Angeles court earlier this year.
The former Hollywood star couple teamed up in 2011 with a family of French winegrowers to produce the “Miraval Côtes de Provence”, named after their castle in the town of Val, (south of France).
The 500-hectare estate, including 50 hectares of vines, was acquired in 2008.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were married there in 2014, after years of living as a couple, before initiating divorce proceedings in 2016 which have since dragged on in long legal battles, in particular over the custody of their six children.
Last February, Brad Pitt filed a complaint against Angelina Jolie, because according to him she had sold her shares in October 2021 when the two stars “agreed never to sell (…) without the consent of one or the other”.
He also accused her of having ceased “a long time ago” to contribute financially to this affair when she carried out this transaction.
In an updated version of the complaint consulted by AFP, the actor’s lawyers assure that “Jolie had malicious intentions against Pitt” by making this sale.
They also accuse Iouri Shefler, a Russian tycoon who owns the spirits brand that bought Angelina Jolie’s shares in the Miraval estate, of having “harmful associations and intentions”.
Mr. Shefler “maintains personal and professional relations with individuals who are part of the intimate circle of Vladimir Putin”, the Russian President.
Yet Yuri Shefler is a long-time critic of Mr. Putin’s regime and faced legal action in 2002 against the Russian state.
In March, in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, Mr. Shelfer said in a statement that he had been “exiled from Russia” since that time and that he was renaming his famous brand of vodka by “solidarity with Ukraine.”
Brad Pitt’s lawyers believe that this does not prevent this brand, “Stoli”, from being “synonymous with Russia” for the general public and as such from constituting a “major international risk” for the marketing of wines from the estate Miraval.
The complaint also cites Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (“MBS”) as part of Mr Shelfer’s “network of sinister associates”.
