Brad Pitt scored a major victory in his ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie over their French winery, Château Miravel.
A judge ruled in the “F1” star’s favor for the actress to turn over private emails and text message threads regarding the sale of her portion of the vineyard — which they purchased when they were married, according to court documents obtained by Page Six on Thursday.
An insider told Page Six that the “emails would prove Jolie has been disingenuous since the start regarding her true intentions about selling her share of the business.”
Jolie, 50, has 45 days to turn over the communications.
The “Maria” star’s lawyer, Paul Murphy, told Page Six that they were “disappointed by the court’s interpretation of California’s privilege law.”
“The court’s ruling violates that law, undermines Ms. Jolie’s fundamental right to a fair trial, and represents yet another manifestation of Mr. Pitt’s years-long effort to harass and control her. We will appeal,” the attorney said.
The recent filing is a part of Pitt’s lawsuit against his ex for allegedly illegally selling her share of the vineyard to the Stoli Group in 2021.
In the February filing, the “Troy” actor, 62, alleged that he and Jolie, who purchased the property in 2008 for $28.4 million, agreed not to sell their shares without consulting each other.
The exes, who married in 2014 and split in 2019, allegedly planned to raise their kids at the vineyard and build a family business.
Then, in October, Pitt requested Jolie submit communications with her business manager, Terry Bird, Chloe Dalton and Arminka Helic, her publicists, and two financial consultants.
In the filing, the actor alleged that the “Maleficent” star communicated with Bird about her personal and professional life, including litigation.
“[Jolie admitted] Bird ‘helped [her] identify additional issues on which to seek advice,’” the docs read.
“What Jolie is describing here are brainstorming sessions between non-lawyers,” the filing continues. “The fact that these brainstorming sessions may have followed or preceded advice from a lawyer on the same general topic or a related topic does not shield them from discovery.”
Pitt allegedly believes that Jolie’s communications with Bird regarding the “terms of sale” to the Stoli Group in 2021 are “the key transaction at issue in this litigation.”
“[Jolie] has still produced only one internal email that even mentions the terms of the sale at the center of this case,” the “Fight Club” star stated.
Jolie, however, previously insisted that she didn’t have to submit the emails and text messages because they involved her discussion about legal matters with others.
At the time, the “Girl, Interrupted” star responded to the filing and accused Pitt of “invading” his client’s “privileged communications with her lawyers.”
“This once again confirms that this lawsuit is the manifestation of Mr. Pitt’s years-long effort to harass and control Angelina,” Murphy previously told Page Six in a statement.
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