Actress Angelina Jolie has completed the sale of a 50% stake in the Chateau Miraval estate and winery for $ 164 million, although Brad Pitt disagrees.
Angelina sold her shares to the wine company Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based Stoli Group. The group co-owns wines such as Luce and Masseto with the Frescobaldi family.
Jon Pepper MW, chief executive officer of Tenute del Mondo, confirmed the purchase of half a share of Chateau Miraval and said: “With the addition of a rosé of this caliber, we are well positioned to meet demand. delicate needs of both customers and partners”.
Estate Chateau Miraval.
Brad Pitt will retain his stake in the property, according to a spokesman for Stoli Group. Representatives of the actor as well as Angelina Jolie currently refuse to comment.
The Chateau Miraval dispute between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has been tense for a while. This is a wine estate in the south of France that is valued at about 164 million USD. Pair star bought the property in 2008 while dating and each wedding here in 2014. Brad Pitt initially hold 60% stake and Angelina Jolie holds 40%. In 2013, Brad transferred to Jolie 10% for a symbolic price of 1 Euro, helping both to have equal ownership.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Photo: AP
After the divorce in 2016, “Mr and Mrs. Smith” still cooperated to do business together at this winery. However, then Angelina no longer wanted to be related to Brad, so she decided to sell her shares. In July this year, Jolie asked the court to lift the blockade of assets during the divorce process so that she could sell the shares to a potential buyer. Brad Pitt vehemently protested, accusing Angelina of quietly trying to sell half of the property to a third party without letting him buy it back. Brad’s side also believes that Angelina automatically makes a profit from the winery while she has neglected the business for many years.
According to People , at the end of September, the court allowed Angelina Jolie to sell her shares.
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The former world-famous actor couple has just had another dispute.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s divorce was finalized in 2019, but the former couple are still at odds over a lavish estate they co-own in France, according to court filings obtained by Fox News. .
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Luxembourg, accuses the 46-year-old “Maleficent” star of attempting to sell off his 50% stake in the 1,000-acre, $164 million Chateau Miraval estate in Correns, France. without giving Pitt, 57, the first choice to buy it.
According to court papers, Miraval is owned by separate limited liability corporations that both parties control, which state that Miraval is owned by Quimicum – the company Pitt originally held 60 % of shares through his company Mondo Bongo. Meanwhile, Jolie holds 40% through her company Nouvel.
“It is worth mentioning that, over the past four years, Nouvel (Jolie’s company) has failed to act in the best interests of Quimicum, by systematically delaying the approval of the annual accounts and renewing the administrator. reason,” the lawsuit states.
“We understand that behind this systematic obstruction, Nouvel and shareholder Jolie’s real intent is to sell their shares in Chateau Miraval SA, in a way that would circumvent Mondo Bongo’s right of first refusal. (as stated in Quimicum’s terms of approval), as a result, an increase in capital due to Mondo Bongo’s investment and Nouvel did not contribute to it.”
Pitt and Jolie married at a luxury mansion in 2014, in a super secret ceremony attended by only their six children. The documents reveal that three years ago, as they began their years-long divorce proceedings, Pitt transferred his 10% stake to Jolie in a move that made the two co-owners 50/50 in the deal. nine-digit mark.
Sources relayed to Fox News on Tuesday that Jolie’s alleged asset disposition was an attempt by the actress to move milestones and evade her obligations to Pitt, as the parties are believed to be agreed to give the other the option to purchase real estate if either of them so chooses. They want out of the arrangement.
Meanwhile, Jolie’s side is pointing the finger at Pitt for allegedly using his popularity to garner sympathy in the ex-couple’s ongoing custody battle.
