Actor Brad Pitt’s attorneys have asked a Los Angeles judge to force actress Angelina Jolie to turn over three years of financial records in the long-running battle over Château Miraval, arguing in a July 31, 2026, motion that she first agreed to produce the material and then reversed course on February 23.
The records at issue cover 2017 through 2019 — the stretch between the couple’s 2016 separation and Jolie’s sale of her stake in the Provence, France, winery. Pitt, 62, accuses Jolie, 51, of withholding information about what she earned after the split. Jolie’s side had agreed to provide declarations answering two discovery requests, along with profit-participation statements covering 2017 through 2021, but his filing says she later “withdrew her agreement,” producing statements and tax records for 2020 and 2021 alone.
The Deal Pitt’s Lawyers Proposed
Pitt’s lawyers proposed a way out that would have settled this corner of the discovery dispute without the older documents changing hands. Under their offer, the requests would be dropped if Jolie stipulated that she faced no economic pressure prior to January 1, 2020, and that Pitt never economically coerced her at any point from 2017 to 2019. She turned it down, which leaves the court to determine how far Pitt’s attorneys may probe into what she earned after the separation.
His attorneys contend that income from those years is relevant precisely because of the reasons she has given for wanting out of the wine venture. Their motion cited her earlier assertions that she was pursuing financial independence from Pitt, that she had largely put her career on hold and given up years of pay after the 2016 breakup, and that whatever leverage he held over her grew out of her finances at the time. According to the filing, her financial information stays private unless she herself makes it relevant, and Pitt’s camp maintains she has done exactly that. His team also observed that at a June discovery conference she rejected the court’s suggestion that her testimony about earnings and compensation be narrowed.
Jolie Says She Never Alleged Financial Distress
Jolie’s lawyers filed their answer to Pitt’s original request in June. “The entire basis for Pitt compelling these answers is a made-up theory that Jolie did not allege,” her attorneys wrote. Her filing states that she has never alleged financial distress, only that she sought to untangle her financial life from the spouse she was divorcing — a distinction her lawyers call categorically different from general financial hardship, and dispositive. The response added that she had already produced income and tax statements for 2020 and 2021 despite having no obligation to do so, and that reaching back any further would seriously invade her privacy.
Jolie says she has not returned to Miraval since 2016 and has tied her decision to sell to what her filings describe as physical and emotional abuse by Pitt against her and their children in September 2016 — allegations Pitt has denied and of which he was cleared. In August, reporting indicated Pitt’s team was also seeking details about Jolie’s income from movies, sponsorships and other work after the separation, while her lawyers maintained those private earnings could not explain why she sold Miraval.
The $67 Million Sale at the Center
The dispute traces back to October 2021, when Jolie sold Nouvel, the company through which she held her 50 percent interest in the estate, to Tenute del Mondo for $67 million. Tenute del Mondo is a Luxembourg-based spirits manufacturer affiliated with the Stolichnaya vodka brand and part of the corporate group tied to Stoli and Yuri Shefler, the Russian-born billionaire who controls it. Pitt sued in February 2022, and his lawsuit alleged the former spouses had an agreement barring either from selling an interest in Miraval to an outside buyer without the other’s consent. Jolie disputes that any such agreement existed.
In July 2021, Jolie had gone to court asking a judge to lift a restraining order that blocked her from selling her shares in the company that owns the château. Pitt considered buying out her stake in 2021, but the two sides never settled on payment terms or on noncompete and non-disparagement provisions. Jolie has said the buyout talks collapsed over a proposed nondisclosure agreement (NDA) she considered too sweeping; Pitt’s side maintains an NDA was appropriate to protect the Miraval business.
Rulings Already on the Books
The motion to compel is only the latest skirmish. On May 4, a Los Angeles judge sided with Jolie in a separate discovery fight, ruling she did not have to give Pitt 22 unredacted communications covered by attorney-client privilege. On June 17, a California court cleared the way for depositions involving Stoli representatives to proceed.
Pitt and Jolie bought Miraval in 2008 and married there in 2014. They jointly owned the property until 2021, separated in 2016, and finalized their divorce in December 2024 after a roughly eight-year fight, with Jolie agreeing to remain in Los Angeles with their six children. Four of the children have filed legal petitions to permanently drop Pitt’s surname. The winery case is expected to go to trial in August 2027.