A source close to Angelina Jolie told Page Six that she didn't back out of the deal, but rather that Brad Pitt was trying to stop her from speaking out about her ex-husband's child abuse.
Brad Pitt was accused of "choking and beating" one of their children during a cross-country private flight in 2016, as well as "pouring beer" on Jolie.
The two completed divorce proceedings in 2019.
Pointing to court papers filed in 2022, a friend of Jolie's said: "The reality is that Pitt refused to complete the Miraval deal with Jolie unless she agreed to keep quiet about the abuse… He demanded that $8.5 million from his winery payment to his ex-wife be withheld to keep her quiet. If she spoke ill, Pitt would keep some or all of that $8.5 million."
The insider added that no matter what legal maneuvers the Bullet Train star tries, he "cannot escape the fact that he attacked Ms. Jolie and their children verbally, physically, even choking one of the children and hitting another."
According to legal documents filed last week and obtained by Page Six , Brad Pitt claims that he and Jolie agreed not to sell their stake in the $30 million winery in Provence, France, that they bought in 2008 without the other's approval.
Angelina Jolie
When they finalized their divorce in 2019, Angelina Jolie decided to sell her shares to Brad Pitt.
Later in 2021, Pitt claimed he discovered that "Mrs. Smith" had sold her shares to Yuri Shefler, owner of the Stoli Group vodka brand.
New court documents show that Angelina Jolie “no longer wishes to sell to Brad Pitt” following an “adverse custody judgment” in which Pitt was awarded sole custody of their six children, but the decision was later overturned by the court.
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