U.S. actor Brad Pitt sued fellow performer Angelina Jolie for $35 million (about 30 million euros) in damages as part of the former couple’s legal battle over the Château Mirabal, according to court documents revealed by People magazine.
The media specialized in news of the heart notes that at the end of October Pitt’s legal team presented messages sent and received by Jolie’s defense related to the sale in 2021 of the latter’s stake in that castle and its vineyard in Provence, France.
In one of those exchanges, in November 2023, Jolie’s lawyers mentioned that Pitt had sued their client for $35 million in damages, and pointed out that it was up to the actor to bear the expense of gathering and presenting the documents that would prove or disprove those damages.
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Pitt (‘Inglorious Basterds,’ ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’) first filed suit in 2022 alleging that Jolie (‘Girl, Interrupted,’ ‘Maria Callas’) had sold her stake in Château Mirabal to the Tenute del Mondo group despite their prior agreement that neither would dispose of their property without the other’s consent.
Jolie denied the existence of such a pact and responded in turn with a counterclaim alleging that her ex-husband was waging a “vindictive war” against her.
The next public hearing in this case, according to People, is scheduled for December 17.
Pitt and Jolie coincided in the filming of the action movie ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’, which was released in 2005, the same year that Pitt separated from Jennifer Aniston.
Their romance became known then, they married in 2014 and after a stormy relationship a judge declared them officially single in 2019, although the divorce agreement was not finalized until the end of 2024. The two share custody of their six children, Agencia EFE reported.
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