{"id":3845,"date":"2026-05-28T17:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/brad-pitt-scores-big-win-in-legal-battle-with-ex-angelina-jolie-over-chateau-miraval\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:13:18","slug":"brad-pitt-scores-big-win-in-legal-battle-with-ex-angelina-jolie-over-chateau-miraval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/brad-pitt-scores-big-win-in-legal-battle-with-ex-angelina-jolie-over-chateau-miraval\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt scores big win in legal battle with ex Angelina Jolie over Ch\u00e2teau Miraval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F128336244.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/07\/photos\/brad-pitt-shows-off-his-new-motorcycle-and-more-star-snaps\/\">Brad Pitt<\/a>\u00a0has scored a legal victory in his ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/09\/21\/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-battle-over-164-million-french-estate\/\">Ch\u00e2teau Miraval battle<\/a> with his ex-wife <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2012\/12\/04\/angelina-jolie-plans-to-give-up-acting\/\">Angelina Jolie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The court found that former Stoli General Counsel, Todd Culyba, was improperly instructed not to answer 33 questions during a December deposition concerning Jolie\u2019s 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/10\/06\/angelina-jolie-sells-her-stake-in-164m-french-estate\/\">sale of her stake in the French winery<\/a> business. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brad Pitt has scored a legal victory in his ongoing Ch\u00e2teau Miraval battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie. (Seen above in January 2012) <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The pair have been entangled in a dispute over the French winery since 2022. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The blocked questions included inquiries about the involvement of Yuri Shelfer \u2014 Stoli\u2019s ultimate beneficial owner \u2014 in Jolie\u2019s sale of her indirect interest in Miraval to the company.<\/p>\n<p>The judge determined that attorney-client privilege did not extend to the \u201cbusiness aspects\u201d of the deal, which the court said were fair game for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Culyba was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/11\/14\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolies-bitter-winery-war-heads-to-trial-but-the-case-could-rage-through-2026\/\">ordered to sit for another deposition<\/a> and answer the previously blocked questions, along with related follow-ups, over objections from the Stoli side.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>According to court documents exclusively obtained by Page Six, a Michigan judge ruled that lawyers for the Stoli side improperly blocked testimony during a key deposition tied to the case. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The latest ruling marks another turn in the legal battle between Pitt and Jolie over Ch\u00e2teau Miraval. (Seen above in June 2014) <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The latest ruling marks another turn in the legal battle between Pitt, 62, and Jolie, 50, over Ch\u00e2teau Miraval.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/17\/brad-pitt-sues-angelina-jolie-over-french-estate-brad-pitt-sues-angelina-jolie-over-french-chateau-sale\/\">first filed a 2022 lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0claiming that his ex-wife had sold her share of Miraval to Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of the Stoli Group, despite a prior agreement that neither would do so unless the other person approved. <\/p>\n<p>Jolie denied that agreement and responded by filing a countersuit, claiming the actor-producer has been \u201cwaging a vindictive war against\u201d her.<\/p>\n<p>The decision also comes just weeks after Jolie <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/celebrity-news\/angelina-jolie-scores-big-win-over-brad-pitt-in-miraval-legal-battle\/\">scored a legal victory<\/a> of her own when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied Pitt\u2019s effort to force her 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. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pitt filed a 2022 lawsuit claiming Jolie sold her share of Miraval despite a prior agreement that neither would do so unless the other person approved. (Seen above in June 2025) <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The\u00a0\u201cMoneyball\u201d\u00a0star\u00a0finalized his long-running divorce from the \u201cMaleficent\u201d actress in December 2024. (Seen above in June 2014) <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pitt previously <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/18\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-scores-major-victory-in-angelina-jolie-legal-battle-as-actress-must-reveal-private-messages\/\">secured a separate discovery win<\/a> in December 2025 when a judge ordered Jolie to turn over certain unredacted non-attorney communications related to the winery fight.<\/p>\n<p>Jolie has previously accused Pitt of waging a \u201cvindictive war\u201d against her through litigation, while Pitt\u2019s side has argued the withheld communications are central to understanding the sale.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0\u201cMoneyball\u201d\u00a0star\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/31\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-finally-settled-divorce-thanks-to-girlfriend-ines-de-ramon\/\">finalized his long-running divorce<\/a>\u00a0from the \u201cMaleficent\u201d actress in December 2024, bringing an end to more than eight years of legal proceedings. <\/p>\n<p>The former couple share six children: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/28\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-scores-big-win-in-legal-battle-with-ex-angelina-jolie-over-chateau-miraval\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Pitt\u00a0has scored a legal victory in his ongoing Ch\u00e2teau Miraval battle with his ex-wife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128336244.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}