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Angelina Jolie has scored a large ineligible triumph complete Brad Pitt successful their ongoing Château Miraval battle.
On Monday, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge decided that Pitt, 62, can’t unit Jolie, 50, to turn complete a group of backstage emails tied to nan waste of her liking successful nan French winery, siding pinch nan character that nan communications are protected, according to tribunal documents obtained by Page Six.
The judge denied Pitt’s motion, ruling that he “has not met his burden” to override her declare they are protected. The mobility was “denied without prejudice,” meaning Pitt could raise nan rumor again later.
Reps for Pitt and Jolie did not instantly respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
The ruling marks nan latest twist successful nan “F1” star’s long-running push to entree definite communications tied to Jolie’s 2021 waste — including messages pinch her business squad that he has based on are not protected by attorney-client privilege.
On Oct. 29, 2025, Pitt’s ineligible squad submitted into evidence communications to and from Jolie’s squad regarding her 2021 sale of her liking successful nan French winery the former mates co-owned.
One grounds was a November 2023 email successful which Jolie’s lawyers responded to a suit from Pitt, allegedly involving millions successful damages.
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An October 2023 email from Jolie’s squad besides mentions that Pitt was “seeking ongoing damages for alleged harm to Miraval’s ongoing operations.”
At nan time, Pitt based on that definite messages — including ones involving Jolie’s business squad — shouldn’t beryllium shielded and should beryllium handed over. The character asked nan judge to unit Jolie to move complete emails pinch her business manager, Terry Bird, her British publicists, Chloe Dalton and Arminka Helic, arsenic good arsenic 2 financial consultants.
In docs obtained by Page Six astatine nan time, The “Fight Club” prima stated that nan “Girl, Interrupted” character antecedently admitted successful her ain declaration that she regularly had conversations pinch Bird astir “all aspects” of her business and master life, including conversations astir ineligible matters.
Jolie, however, maintained they were portion of a ineligible strategy and truthful privileged.
Pitt first revenge a 2022 lawsuit claiming that his ex-wife had sold her stock of Miraval to Tenute del Mondo, nan vino section of nan Stoli Group, contempt a anterior statement that neither would do truthful unless nan different personification approved. Jolie denied that statement and responded by filing a countersuit, claiming nan actor-producer has been “waging a vindictive warfare against” her.
The “Moneyball” actor finalized his long-running divorce from nan “Maleficent” prima successful December 2024, bringing an extremity to much than 8 years of ineligible proceedings. The erstwhile mates stock six children: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17.
