New twist in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie legal battle as he demands her private messages

Brad Pitt has filed a motion compelling ex-wife Angelina Jolie to turn over all private communications related to the sale of her stake in their French wine business.

The exes have been embroiled in a years-long legal battle since 2022 over Jolie’s alleged “secret” sale of her shares of their winery, Château Miraval, to alcohol company Stoli Group.

Pitt, 61, has accused Jolie, 50, of selling her shares in an effort to intentionally “inflict harm on” him.

In a surprising new development, the F1 star is seeking to depose Stoli Group’s Alexey Oliynik, a Russian oligarch who Pitt claims had firsthand knowledge of the business deal, according to a June 30 filing obtained by People.

“These requests go directly to key allegations about Pitt’s objections to the sale,” the Bullet Train actor’s legal team stated in his filing, and “easily meet the standard for discoverability given Pitt’s allegations that Jolie acted with malice in selling to Stoli, a counterparty she knew Pitt opposed.”