Brad Pitt has filed a motion to gain access to ex-wife Angelina Jolie’s private messages ahead of the former couple’s trial over their French winery Château Miraval. According to legal documents, Pitt is requesting that the court compel Alexei Oliynik of the Stoli Group to release his communications with Jolie and sit for a deposition.

Brad Pitt has filed a motion compelling ex-wife Angelina Jolie to turn over all private communications related to the sale of her stake in their French wine business. The exes have been embroiled in a years-long legal battle since 2022 over Jolie’s alleged “secret” sale of her shares of their winery, Château Miraval, to alcohol company Stoli Group.

Pitt claims that a Stoli Group businessman with firsthand knowledge of Jolie’s winery sale has refused to turn over relevant communications