Former spouses Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie still find themselves engaged in a legal battle even after the conclusion of their divorce proceedings. The two are involved in proceedings linked to the Château Miraval, the French winery they jointly owned. Pitt (62) and his legal team have been vocal about wanting the case to proceed to trial. Now, the group is making a request of Jolie (51) and her camp. Apparently, as part of this case, Pitt and co. are keen on knowing just how much Jolie earns.
Just recently, Pitt’s lawyers filed a request for Jolie to share “documents sufficient to show her income” following the former couple’s breakup in 2016. Us Weekly has obtained legal documents that show Pitt’s team is specifically looking for information about the Couture star’s earnings between 2017 and 2019. Per the outlet, Pitt’s legal team is not “seeking all of her profit statements” but only “statements that show for films they are already in the money and she is receiving payments.
Angelina Jolie’s attorneys have since responded, and it’s their contention that this monetary-based information isn’t relevant to the case. This also comes after Jolie’s team provided details on her income between 2020 and 2021. Amid this back-and-forth, Jolie and her lawyers also previously argued amid this dispute that she “largely put her career on hold, forgoing years of compensation in the process.” When responding to this filing, Team Jolie also had this to say:
Pitt claims that Jolie has put her entire financial condition at issue going back to 2017 because of her allegation that she was seeking ‘financial independence.’ But Pitt’s selective quote misleadingly fails to include the entirety of her allegation. Jolie does not allege that she was seeking financial independence in the abstract; she alleges that she was seeking ‘financial independence from her ex-husband.’ Separating from one’s ex-husband is categorically different from an allegation that one is suffering general financial distress.
As can reportedly be found in the docs, the F1 star’s team are of the opinion that this latest financial request will provide “context” for the claims of "coercion" and “economic leverage” that Jolie has leveled against him. On the other side of this, the Tomb Raider star’s lawyers argue that “the entire basis for Pitt compelling these answers is a made-up theory that Jolie did not allege.”
This winery conflict began back in 2022, at which point Pitt sued Jolie for allegedly selling her stake in the winery to a third party without his permission. However, Jolie argued that she was within her rights to sell her portion of the business, and she eventually countersued Pitt. The past few years have seen insiders drop claims about how both parties are feeling about the situation. At one point, it was even alleged that Pitt’s purported “hatred” of Jolie fueled the suit yet, at that time, another source claimed it all came down to business dealings for Pitt.
Since then, Angelina Jolie reportedly attempted to initiate a buyout with Brad Pitt, yet he would purportedly only agree if she signed an NDA. It currently remains unclear as to when this case might go to court. There’s also no way of knowing for sure whether Pitt’s request to see more of Jolie’s earnings will be approved.
