Angelina Jolie opened up about the difficulties of her divorce from Brad Pitt.
Jolie is still embroiled in a legal battle over the sale of equity in the French winery Château Miraval, which she co-owned with her ex-husband. E! News obtained and partially released a personal declaration Jolie filed in California court on the 9th.
In the declaration, Jolie said, "The incident of having to separate from my ex-husband was emotionally difficult for me and the children. When I filed for divorce, I handed over control (and full residence rights) of our family homes in Los Angeles and Miraval to him without any compensation. I hoped he would properly conclude our relationship after going through his difficult trauma."
She added, "Miraval was one of the first major investments we made together and the center of our family life. We were married there, I spent part of my pregnancy there, and I took the twins from the hospital there," showing strong affection for the land.
She especially emphasized, "Suddenly being removed from that house and the memories was really hard, and it was especially unbearable to see the children's lives collapse like this. None of my children or I have visited Miraval since filing for divorce more than 10 years ago. That's because it is associated with the painful events that led to the divorce."
Pitt has sued, claiming Jolie sold her equity without authorization to the Stoli group. He argued, "It was part of a commercial transaction and separate from the divorce issue." Jolie, meanwhile, said it was a decision to protect the life of the children and asked Pitt to pay $33,000 (about 45 million won) in legal fees.
Pitt and Jolie jointly purchased the Château Miraval vineyard in Provence, France, in 2008 for $28.4 million (about 34 billion won). In 2014 they were so devoted to the place that they held a secret wedding there, invested in the wine business, and bought the mansion and land.
Afterward, Pitt aggressively expanded the wine business, but Jolie notified in 2019, when they divorced, that she would dispose of her vineyard equity. She transferred the equity to the Stoli group run by Russian businessman Yuri Shefler. Pitt tried to buy Jolie's equity, but she refused.
In the end, Pitt's side said, "After Jolie received an unfavorable ruling in the 2021 child custody case, she sold the vineyard equity in retaliation. She intentionally harmed Pitt and unjustly profited. It will be proven in court that Jolie's actions were illegal and severe," and filed a damages lawsuit against Jolie.
Meanwhile, Pitt and Jolie became lovers while filming the 2005 movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith. However, the two surprised fans by filing for divorce in September 2016, 11 years after their marriage. Between them are the children they adopted or raised: 24-year-old Maddox, 21-year-old Pax, 20-year-old Zahara, 19-year-old Shiloh, and 17-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
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