Brad Pitt has scored another win in his ongoing legal battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie over Château Miraval.
Pitt’s lawyers had argued that investors from the company had firsthand knowledge of Jolie’s 2021 sale of the French winery — that he and his ex-wife co-owned — to Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of the Stoli Group.
In June 2025, the actor filed court documents attempting to depose the Stoli Group’s Alexey Oliynik.
Oliynik has allegedly refused to turn over relevant documents or appear for a deposition, arguing that he could not be forced to do so as a resident of Switzerland.
People was the first to report the news.
The former couple’s dispute over their $500 million property, which they purchased in 2008, has been ongoing since Jolie sold off her shares for half the vineyard in 2021.
The “Fight Club” star filed a lawsuit the following year claiming that his former spouse had made the sale despite a prior agreement that neither would do so unless the other person approved.
However, Jolie denied that agreement, claiming in a countersuit that her ex has been “waging a vindictive war against” her.
A Michigan judge ruled that lawyers for the Stoli Group improperly blocked testimony during a key deposition tied to the case.
The court found that former Stoli General Counsel, Todd Culyba, was improperly instructed not to answer 33 questions during a December deposition concerning Jolie’s 2021 sale of her stake in the French winery business.
The ruling also ordered Culyba to sit for another deposition and answer the previously blocked questions, along with related follow-ups, over objections from the Stoli side.
Jolie, notably, scored a legal win of her own last month.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied Pitt’s effort to force the “Maleficent” actress to turn over a set of private emails tied to the winery dispute, ruling he had not met the burden to overcome attorney-client privilege claims.
The motion was “denied without prejudice,” meaning Pitt could raise the issue again later.
The Hollywood exes have been butting heads in court since Jolie filed for divorce in 2016.
Throughout their legal battle, the “Maria” star has accused her ex of trying to silence her and of using the lawsuit to cover up personal wrongdoings he was guilty of throughout their marriage.
Pitt finalized his long-running divorce from Jolie in December 2024, bringing an end to more than eight years of legal proceedings.
The former couple share six kids, whom Pitt is reportedly estranged from: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and 17-year-old twins, Knox and Vivienne.
