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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have agreed to try to reach an out-of-court settlement in their $350 million legal battle over their French vineyard.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, a former celebrity couple, have apparently agreed to try to resolve their nasty $350 million legal battle over their French vineyard outside of court.
The war between the actors has been the longest celebrity divorce in living memory.
Following a legal filing in which Pitt was accused of bullying and illegal behavior about the vineyard they co-owned, it has now been reported that the duo are working to resolve their dispute.
Both Pitt, 59, and Jolie, 48, have agreed to mediation which could settle their beef.
According to documents submitted in the vineyard dispute last week, both stars have agreed to mediation as an alternative way of dispute resolution for Chateau Miraval rather than going to court.
Jolie has also said that she’s willing to take part in a settlement conference.
It was also reported that Pitt had appointed a ‘provisional administrator’ to Chateau Miraval in an attempt to end the conflict between himself and the Russians. Jolie sold her vineyard stake. The present quarrel began with that purchase.
The action was suggested by Pitt in order to protect the highly successful wine business that he has helped to develop in collaboration with French winemakers Famille Perrin.
It will see an outside figure come in to review the vineyard and how it is handled, hopefully facilitating negotiations between Pitt and Nouvel, the investment company his ex sold to Stoli head Yuri Shefler.
A French source confirms the move, saying: ‘In view of the dispute between Nouvel LLC (controlled by Stoli boss Yuri Shefler) and Mondo Bongo LLC (controlled by Brad Pitt), Chateau Miraval and its director have requested and obtained the appointment of a provisional administrator by the Draguignan (France) Commercial Court, to enable the company and its director to continue to grow the business and its essential partnership with the Perrin Family until such dispute is resolved, in the interests of Château Miraval, its directors, employees, partners and subsidiaries.’
Pitt and Jolie purchased Chateau Miraval, a 1300-acre estate in the south of France, in 2008.
In 2013, they established a winery there, with the Perrin family as the top producers of organic wine from the Southern Rhone Valley.
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016 following an incident involving Pitt, Jolie, and their children on a flight from France to California.
Pitt filed a lawsuit against Jolie in 2022 for selling her stake in Chateau Miravel to Russian businessman Shefler. He had hoped to buy her out personally, but the sale has now been reversed.
Meanwhile, Nouvel’s lawyers claimed two weeks ago that Pitt had been “looting” the wine firm and using it as a “personal cashbox” for “vanity projects.” They’re suing for $350 million in damages.
