Brad Pitt Wins Key Arguments in Miraval Fight with Angelina Jolie, Case Proceeds Toward Trial

Mar. 15, 2025

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.Photo:Bruce Glikas/Getty; Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Bruce Glikas/Getty; Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Brad Pittjust secured an important win in his ongoinglegal battlewithex-wifeAngelina Jolieover the French wineryChâteau Miraval.

The ruling was made in response to Jolie’s requests to dismiss three separate causes of action Pitt made in a complaint filed in the case back in April, in which Pitt’s attorneys asserted that the former couple’s companies, Mongo Bongo and Nouvel, “entered into a written agreement in 2013 to give each other a right of first refusal over any sale of their respective interests in Miraval” and that the written agreement “precluded Mondo Bongo and Nouvel from selling their interests without the other’s consent.”

This written agreement between the two companies, Pitt’s lawyers asserted in the April complaint, related to any sale of Miraval existed in addition to a verbal agreement between Jolie and Pitt to gain the other’s consent before selling their stakes in the winery. According to the Nov. 8 ruling, Jolie has 30 days to respond.

“This is a clear victory for Brad which demonstrates the legitimacy of his claims and demonstrates yet again the other side’s talk is not backed up with substance,” a source close to Pitt tells PEOPLE.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

Pitt, 60, originallysued Jolie, 49, forselling her stakein Château Miraval to a third party, Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of the Stoli Group, in 2022. The legal battle has overlapped at times with aseparate conflictregarding the custody of their children, half of whom have now reached legal age:Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

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Jolie and Pitt began dating in the mid-2000s after they met on the set of their 2005 movieMr. And Mrs. Smithand married on August. 23, 2014. Joliefiled for divorceon Sept. 20, 2016.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt on Sept. 2, 2007.Yui Mok - PA Images/PA Images via Getty

Yui Mok - PA Images/PA Images via Getty

Back in August, a source told PEOPLE that Jolie is “actively moving beyond the past” days after sheended her legal battleagainst the Department of Justice and the FBI over documents connected to the alleged2016 plane incidentbetween her and Pitt.

“Being stuck in the past is not anything that Angie wants,” the source added at the time. “She wants to focus on her family, work and the future. These are all things that make her happy.”

source: people.com