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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie winery are headed to court

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie winery are headed to court

Brad Pitt will reportedly take his claims against Angelina Jolie to court after the exes’ ongoing battle over their French winery was given the green light to go to trial.

A Los Angeles Super Court judge ruled that the Château Miraval case would go to trial and upheld Pitt’s claims of interference regarding shares in the company, Us Weekly reported Friday. A trial date has not yet been set, but may not take place until 2026.

Pitt sued Jolie in 2022, claiming she “vindictively” and illegally sold her shares in the winery to a Russian billionaire without giving Pitt a chance to match or outbid the offer, according to court documents filed by the winery obtained.

The “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” star said in the documents that the former couple shared an implied contract and “agreed that they would never sell their respective interests in Miraval without the consent of the other.”

In response to the judge’s ruling, Jolie’s attorney, Paul Murphy, told Us Weekly that the decision “simply means that Mr. Pitt now has to actually prove his case.”

“In reality, Mr. Pitt has rejected in writing the contract he now claims he had with Angelina,” Murphy said Friday. “When she submitted domestic violence evidence under seal, he withdrew his offer to buy out Angelina’s stake in Miraval unless she signed a revised nondisclosure agreement that has now been expanded to cover Mr. Pitt’s personal conduct.”

Her attorney previously told Entertainment Tonight that Pitt’s claims “have no legal basis,” as evidenced by a judge dismissing many of Pitt’s complaints against his ex-wife in March.

“Sir. Pitt’s lawsuit was never about a business dispute,” Murphy said at the time. “Instead, it is about his attempts to cover up serious abuse, and we are pleased that the judge dismissed much of Mr. Pitt’s complaint.”

The judge’s new ruling follows Jolie’s attempt in July to get Pitt to drop the lawsuit to “end the fighting.” A year earlier, it was reported that the Oscar winners would attempt to settle their $350 million dispute out of court through mediation.

Pitt and Jolie, known for years as “Brangelina,” split in 2016 after two years of marriage and more than a decade together. Three years later they were declared legally single.

The shocking split followed a 2016 flight on their private plane, during which Jolie alleged Pitt had physically abused her and several of their children.

Together, the A-listers share six children: Maddox, 22; Pax, 19; Zahara, 18; Shiloh, 17; and 15-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

Shiloh followed in Maddox and Zahara’s footsteps in May when she filed to remove Pitt from her last name. That request was legally granted in August.