Brad Pitt “looted” the Château Miraval vineyard he co-owned with ex-wife Angelina Jolie in Provence, spending millions of dollars on swimming pool renovations and a recording studio, lawyers suing the actor have claimed.
Nouvel, a company through which Jolie previously owned a stake in the French winery, said in a filing to a court in California on Monday that it was owed more than $350mn by Pitt and his partners. The company alleged they “engaged in increasingly outrageous actions to retain control” of Miraval, while allegedly “stripping [the rosé producer] of its assets”.
The allegations that Pitt acted like a “petulant child” while engaging in a “blatant money grab” are the latest salvo in a bitter legal feud between the Hollywood stars. They filed for divorce in acrimonious circumstances in 2016, with Jolie accusing Pitt of a drunken attack on her and the couple’s children while on a private flight to the US.
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