Things continue to heat up in the legal battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt over Château Miraval, the French winery the former couple purchased in 2008 when they were still together. Pitt initially sued Jolie in February of this year after the actress sold her stake in the winery. According to Pitt, the two were in an agreement that forbade them from selling the property unless the other approved.
In a new batch of court documents filed on Friday, June 3, at Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by PEOPLE, Pitt claimed Jolie intentionally "sought to inflict harm on" him by selling her interests in the wine company. The court documents referred to Château Miraval as Pitt's "passion" and "a multimillion-dollar global business." A global business that Jolie was allegedly not involved in.
Most recently, a source has come forward with insight regarding Jolie's sale of her stake in Château Miraval. The source claims that Jolie, who filed for divorce in 2016 and has allegedly been unable to return to the property, made multiple offers to sell to Pitt before ultimately selling her stake.
"Mr. Pitt's lawsuit against Ms. Jolie is an extension of a false narrative, and the truth of the situation has still not been made public," a source revealed to PEOPLE. "After the events that led to Ms. Jolie filing for divorce and her years devoted to caring for their children, Ms. Jolie and the children have not been able to return to the property, and she made the difficult decision to sell her stake in the business. After making multiple offers to her ex-husband, and knowing the business will be inherited by their children, she found a business partner with experience in the alcohol industry."
