Brad Pitt Demands Angelina Jolie's Secret Texts In $64M Showdown

Brad Pitt is raising the stakes in his ongoing battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie, now demanding she hand over private text messages that could reveal what really happened behind the sale of their shared French winery, Château Miraval.

In his latest court filing, Pitt’s legal team is pushing to obtain communications between Jolie and Stoli Group executive Alexei Oliynik, arguing that those messages are essential to determining whether Jolie breached their agreement by secretly selling her stake.

With an estimated $64 million at the center of this dispute, the situation has taken a deeply personal and revealing turn.

On June 30, Pitt filed a motion in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking access to private texts exchanged between his ex-wife and Oliynik, with key insight into the 2021 Miraval transaction.

In court documents obtained by PEOPLE Magazine, Pitt claimed that the actress sold her 50% stake to the Stoli Group through a shell company, Nouvel LLC, which he described as her “alter ego” used to evade their agreement, which required mutual consent for any sale.

The 61-year-old also requested that the court compel Nouvel LLC to participate in a deposition regarding their initial investment in the winery.

In the latest filing, Pitt’s lawyers revealed that Oliynik has refused to produce documents or sit for a deposition, citing Swiss residency.

The Miraval sale has been at the heart of a bitter legal fight that dates back to 2021.

The “Maleficent” star’s sale triggered a lawsuit from Pitt in June 2022, as he alleged that she breached their mutual agreement that any transfer of shares required joint consent.

The “Fight Club” actor also accused Jolie of harming the reputation of their shared wine business, Château Miraval, by selling her stake to what he described as a “stranger.”

Pitt claimed the move was done with the intent to “inflict harm” on him, asserting that they had previously agreed never to sell their respective shares without each other’s consent.

He emphasized that Miraval had become his “passion” project, and he had invested years of work into turning it into a global success.

The Hollywood star’s legal team argued that the actress “contributed nothing to Miraval’s success.”

They claimed Jolie went behind his back to complete the deal, intentionally breaching their agreement.

In September 2022, Jolie countersued for over $250 million, accusing Pitt of launching a “vindictive war” over the vineyard.

“These counterclaims lay bare the true nature of Pitt's egregious misconduct. To be clear, it is Pitt, and not Jolie, Nouvel, or any of the other Defendants, who has acted in a hostile, destructive, and illegal manner. Pitt's behavior has caused serious harm to Nouvel,” the court documents read.

According to the filing, the 50-year-old had reportedly spent several months negotiating with Pitt’s team to sell him her share of the French winery.

However, the talks allegedly fell apart when Pitt made what the filing describes as an “eleventh-hour demand” for “onerous and irrelevant conditions.”

Among them was a proposed clause that would have barred Jolie from publicly discussing the circumstances surrounding the breakdown of their marriage.

Unwilling to accept the “hush clause,” the filmmaker instead sold her stake to Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Stoli Group.

Nearly two years later, Jolie asked Pitt to end the acrimony by dropping the lawsuit against her.

Jolie's lawyer, Paul Murphy, said the movie star wanted to “put their family on a clear path towards healing.”

However, sources revealed the “F1” actor had “no intentions” of dropping the suit.

Speaking to the Daily Mail in a July 2024 interview, the insider revealed Jolie only made the request after realizing her legal backing wasn’t strong enough.

According to them, Jolie only wanted to paint herself as “the victim.”

“She is realizing that she does not have a strong case anymore, and she also knows that she may likely have to shell out the money by order of the courts. Bringing very personal issues into a business lawsuit is backfiring on her,” they added.

Months later, Jolie and Pitt officially finalized their bitter divorce on December 30, 2024, concluding a legal battle that began in 2016 with the mom of six citing irreconcilable differences.

Jolie’s lawyer James Simon made the announcement via a statement to PEOPLE.

“More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time, she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family. This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over,” he said.