The Latest Salvo in a Years-Long Legal War

Brad Pitt's lawyers have asked a court to compel Angelina Jolie to hand over her film earnings from 2017 to 2019, in what is shaping up to be the most forensic round yet of their long-running legal battle over French winery Château Miraval.

According to documents obtained by Us Weekly, the request was made during a court hearing on 31 July, with Pitt's legal team asking that Jolie, 51, provide 'documents sufficient to show her income' in the years following their 2016 separation — a period she has previously described as one in which she 'largely put her career on hold, forgoing years of compensation in the process.'

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at a formal event, with Pitt wearing a black tuxedo and Jolie in a peach-colored gown.

Jolie had already supplied financial records covering 2020 and 2021, but her team has declined to extend that disclosure further back, arguing the additional information has no bearing on the winery dispute at the heart of the case.

'A Made-Up Theory'

Pitt's lawyers are pushing back hard. Their argument is that Jolie's own legal filings — which allege that Pitt had 'substantial leverage and control' over her during the years leading up to her 2019 decision to sell her stake in Château Miraval — make her earnings during that period directly relevant. In their view, disclosing what she actually earned will put her claims of financial 'coercion' into proper context.

Pitt's team is 'not even seeking all of her profit statements… just seeking statements that show for films they are already in the money and she is receiving payments.'

Jolie's legal team was having none of it. In their response, they accused Pitt's lawyers of selectively quoting from her filings to misrepresent her position entirely.

'Pitt claims that Jolie has put her entire financial condition at issue… But Pitt's selective quote misleadingly fails to include the entirety of her allegation. Separating from one's ex-husband is categorically different from an allegation that one is suffering general financial distress.'

It is a crucial distinction. Jolie is not claiming she was broke — she is claiming she was trying to untangle her finances from a man she describes as a 'controlling and abusive ex-husband.'

A woman in black sunglasses and coat walks with six children of various ages across a public plaza.

Whether she was earning well from films like 2019's Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, her lawyers argue, is simply beside the point.

The Winery at the Centre of It All

Château Miraval, the French wine estate the pair owned together from 2008 to 2021, remains the central battleground of the dispute. Pitt filed the initial lawsuit alleging the two had a 'two-party consent agreement' preventing either from selling their stake without the other's approval. Jolie countersued, claiming no such agreement existed and that she had attempted to arrange a buyout — only for Pitt, she alleges, to refuse unless she signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Aerial view of a large French stone château with terracotta roof tiles, blue shuttered windows, manicured green lawns, cypress trees, and surrounding countryside buildings.
Château Miraval, the sprawling Provence estate and winery co-owned by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, remains at the center of a bitter legal dispute following their 2016 separation. Jolie sold her share of the property without Pitt's consent, triggering ongoing litigation over the multimillion-dollar wine estate in the south of France.

The couple's divorce was finalised in December 2024 after eight years of legal proceedings, but the celebrity legal saga is far from over. Representatives for both Pitt, 62, and Jolie have been contacted for comment.

For those following the entertainment world's most exhausting divorce, the latest exchange suggests the road to resolution is still a long one.