Brad Pitt follows in Johnny Depp's footsteps and sues ex-wife Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt accused his ex-wife of harming him by selling a 50% stake in a vineyard in France to a Russian tycoon. Will Brad Pitt become the second man in the world to pursue a journey to prove women wrong?

In 2008, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie bought a controlling stake in a vineyard in the South of France. The couple once held a wedding ceremony in the vineyard and held quite a few family vacations here while they were still husband and wife. Because they are in the process of divorcing, the two still share the name of a wine business called Miraval.

According to People, in the lawsuit filed against his ex-wife in Los Angeles Superior Court (USA), Brad Pitt accused Angelina Jolie of intentionally damaging his reputation by selling her entire stake in the winery. Chateau Miraval wine.

Pitt said that Jolie arbitrarily sold shares without permission and did not receive his consent. This severely affected his business.

Also in the lawsuit, Pitt's side said that Chateau Miraval was the actor's many years of passion. He wants to develop the company into a million-dollar business and the largest winery in the world.

Pitt said: "Angelina Jolie does not have any contribution to the development of the company." The actress plans to sell her shares in October 2021 to the wine brand Tenute del Mondo - a subsidiary of the Stoli group, headed by billionaire Yuri Shefler.

"Jolie completed the purposeful transactions in secret, not letting Pitt know. She intentionally violated many terms in the contract signed with Pitt," the actor's representative said.

At the end of September 2021, the actor filed a lawsuit in Luxembourg to sue his ex-wife for violating the commitment they signed when unilaterally transferring shares to a third party.

"In the old agreement, Pitt and Jolie committed that if they wanted to sell their shares, they had to ask for permission and have the consent of the other," the lawsuit said. However, the court in Luxembourg did not accept his petition.

People reported that Chateau Miraval was originally owned by Quimicum (Pitt's company). After the couple divorced, it was transferred to Nouvel (Jolie's company), but the two companies still split the monthly management fee.

Brad Pitt's lawsuit also accuses Nouvel of not acting in Quimicum's best interests. Nouvel is said to be seeking to delay the approval of the annual declarations and renew the manager.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were once the most powerful couple in Hollywood. In 2005, two Hollywood stars fell in love while filming the action movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Mr and Mrs. Smith). As soon as it was made public, this relationship immediately caused controversy. Angelina Jolie suffers a reputation for being a third person to interfere in the happiness of her co-star, although both have denied this issue.

Despite all the initial scandals, the couple was still happy and together for 12 years, had 6 children together and became one of the symbols of lasting love in Hollywood.

However, the dreamlike love story described by the press as "the sexiest woman in the world married the most attractive man on the planet" finally ended, leaving many regrets for the public.

With the reason for irreconcilable differences, there are many rumors about this noisy divorce, there are sources that the Maleficent star was cheated by her ex-husband, others have hinted that Brad Pitt assaulted. Angelina Jolie and eldest son, Maddox. It is also reported that the marriage ended due to a conflict over the sale of the Château Mavail villa in France - where the two's wedding took place in August 2014.

In September 2016, Angelina Jolie officially filed for divorce. The information about their divorce trial is confidential, the two sides pledged in January 2017 not to disclose any terms in the trial.

The divorce is basically based on the voluntary spirit of the two people, there is no dispute over property but the custody of the children still cannot be resolved.

The dispute over child custody lasted for nearly 5 years, Pitt and Jolie are said to have spent at least 1 million USD (nearly 23 billion VND) each.

Angelina Jolie wishes to raise all her children without her husband's support and alimony; while Brad Pitt also wishes to take care of the children.

In May 2021, the long-running custody battle seemed to end when Pitt was given the expected joint custody of the children. However, the dispute began again with evidence that Judge John W. Ouderkirk had a business relationship with Pitt and his team of lawyers. Angelina Jolie applied to remove this judge due to favoritism to her ex-husband and lack of transparency in the trial process.

After the rulings in Brad Pitt's favor were rejected, his legal team filed an appeal, but the California Supreme Court refused to consider it in October 2021.

According to Us Weekly, the actor is determined not to give up and has no intention of giving in to this long battle. Brad Pitt "unmasked" his ex-wife to a few friends that she tried everything to keep her children from getting involved with her father until she was 18 years old.

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