Angelina Jolie May Lose French winery Chateau Miraval Court Case Involving Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler To Ex-husband, Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt scores success against ex-wife Angelina Jolie in a legal battle over their co-owned winery Chateau Miraval. The ex-couple has been in a court battle for the actress selling her share of the winery to a Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler in 2021.
According to legal documents reviewed by The U.S. Sun on Monday, Brad Pitt ‘racked up a win in a French court last week’ in connection with a ruling over documents authorities seized in a March 2022 raid.’ There’s a long way to go in this litigation, but at the moment, the momentum is certainly with Brad,’ an insider close to him told the outlet after the Thursday ruling in an appeals court in the Aix-en-Provence.
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The source said last week’s ruling marked the third consecutive time Brad Pitt has made progress in the case ‘In recent months, he’s landed three courtroom wins across three different jurisdictions: Luxembourg, the United States, and now France,’ the source said of the Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood actor. ‘From the moment this hostile takeover bid began, he made it clear that he wasn’t going to be bullied – and he meant it.’
Brad Pitt ‘has stood his ground and will continue to do what is right.’ The French ruling was linked to a March 2022 raid on the winery, in which officials brandishing search warrants took possession of documents and computer in connection with accusations toward Shefler’s firm Nouvel of ‘malfeasance and misuse of company assets,’ according to the outlet, citing documents in the case.
Under French law, firms involved in lawsuits can be given clearance by the court to procure evidence from the parties they are suing, in conjunction with court-appointed officials. The Sun also reported then that in the case, a separate court subsequently reversed the aforementioned ruling, ordering the items collected from Shefler to ‘remained locked and sealed’ pending further orders from the court.
On Thursday, according to The Sun, Judge Valerie Gerard blocked Shelfer and his company Nouvel from gaining access to the materials acquired in the raid. The judge said that as ‘an indirect shareholder,’ Nouvel ‘had no legal standing’ to request access to the documents, which are in the custody of officials with Pitt’s French firm SA Chateau Miraval.
Nouvel was also ordered by the judge to remit a sum of around $21,000 in legal fees, according to the outlet. The documents will be placed back in a safe at Chateau Miraval under the purview of the Brad Pitt firm, the outlet reported. The news comes after Angelina Jolie was not able to convince a Los Angeles Supreme Court to dismiss the case altogether.
The court battle between the ex-couple has been ongoing since last year. A Luxembourg court in November restricted Shefler from power over a portion of his shares, with Pitt becoming the majority shareholder as a result.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tied the knot at the Provence, Southern France estate in 2014 and split in 2016. They have been entangled in the legal system amid battles over their fortune and custody of their children
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