Divorced a long time ago, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are still in the process of disputing property and custody of their children.
In the custody battle, the actress seems to be winning when all three adopted children are on her side and against her famous father.
But Angelina didn’t stop there, she resolutely pursued the property division lawsuit to the end after her divorce with her ex-husband.
Even worse, the couple gave each other damaging words when confronted in court.
Specifically, the lawsuit between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie began when the couple announced their divorce in 2016.
The legal battle over the division of the winery in France between “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” has become one of the most controversial. The world’s loudest divorce lawsuit.
Accordingly, the couple bought the Chateau Miraval estate in 2008 for 60 million USD (more than 1,500 billion VND).
The actor used his talent and reputation to help the farm price increase to 164 million USD (more than 4,100 billion VND).
Angelina shared in court that after the divorce, Brad Pitt asked her to sign a non-disclosure agreement to cover up his abuse of his wife. However, the actress did not agree and the actor removed his ex-wife from the winery’s business activities.
Angelina said she did not know about the factory’s financial statements, reinvestments and operating profits. The actress once decided to sell 50% of the factory shares to her ex-husband for an agreed price of 54.5 million USD (more than 1,300 billion VND). But she did not sign a silence agreement, so the sale was not successful.
By 2021, the actress sold all her shares to a Russian billionaire for more than 60 million USD ((more than 1500 billion VND). This made Brad Pitt angry because he thought she was secretly sabotaging her. due to the factory’s business, he filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife.
At this time, Angelina accused her ex-husband of dispersing assets by trying to transfer assets to friends and business partners, wasting millions of dollars to repair the villa.
Most recently, the actress sent to the court a set of documents proving that her ex-husband “sustained” her assets, leaving her financially exhausted. Specifically, Angelina called the lawsuit to split the French winery in half “Brad’s attempt to make her financially exhausted.”
The actress’s representative expressed: “It is painful for Jolie to defend herself against the lawsuit. It was a relentless effort to control Pitt’s finances and suck the blood of his ex-wife. The real reason why Jolie voluntarily sold the estate was that Brad Pitt asked her to sign a non-disclosure contract to cover up his past physical and mental abuse.”
While Angelina received support from her adopted children and firmly believed that Brad Pitt was “sucking her blood”, leaving her financially exhausted, public opinion had a completely different view.
Brad Pitt’s followers believe that the new actress is a “bloodsucker”. Regarding the division of the winery, in fact when buying this factory the couple was not married, Brad Pitt held 60% of the shares. It was the actor who transferred 10% of the shares to Angelina as a wedding gift in 2014, so she had a total of 50% of the factory’s shares.
Not only that, many people believe that the factory’s current high value is entirely thanks to the actor’s efforts. The Daily Mail stated that it was the relationship between Angelina and Brad Pitt that helped the actress’s wealth increase by nearly 100 million USD, so it was “difficult to say that the actor “sucked the blood” of his ex-wife, leaving her broke. understand”.
The fact that Angelina refused to sell her shares back to her ex-husband but instead secretly sold them to a Russian billionaire, making Brad Pitt passive, is also considered “uncool” behavior. Because before that, when they were still passionate, the couple agreed that Angelina Jolie would take care of the Jolie-Pitt Foundation charity fund, while Brad Pitt would be responsible for the winery business.
Brad Pitt’s side also said that he started the winery business to strengthen his family’s finances. The actor himself spent millions of dollars of his own money to operate the winery business, so it cannot be said that he “scattered assets”.
In addition to the lawsuit related to the winery in France, the actor is highly appreciated by many people for always being fair in paying child support. Accordingly, every year Brad Pitt spends up to 1.3 million USD (equivalent to more than 33 billion VND) for Angelina to take care of her children.
Many sources also confirmed that Angelina is not having financial difficulties as she shared. Because the actress successfully bid for an 8-year long-term lease at 57 Great Jones Street in Manhattan, New York, USA for a fashion business.
More noteworthy, in the lawsuit to divide shares of a winery in France, Brad Pitt continuously won favorable verdicts. Specifically, the judgment in Luxembourg recognized Brad Pitt’s right to control the winery.
The Los Angeles Superior Court also rejected Angelina’s allegations and recognized that Brad Pitt had the right to hold 60% of the winery’s shares.
Accordingly, in February 2024, Page Six reported that Brad Pitt had won the asset division lawsuit with his ex-wife. The court determined that the 10% shares the actor gave to his ex-wife still belonged to him, so Brad Pitt owned 60% of the factory shares until the final verdict was issued.
According to Page Six, Brad Pitt will have control of 60% of this factory’s shares in about another year or more.
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Source: Forbes
