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Brad Pitt files lawsuit against Angelina Jolie over sale of winery share to Russian oligarch
Brad Pitt is filing a lawsuit against Angelina Jolie over a business transaction she conducted involving Chateau Miraval, the Correns, France winery they had purchased as a couple, of which she subsequently sold her share to Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler.The 58-year-old actor, in legal docs reviewed by TMZ, is asking the court to reverse a pact Jolie, 46, made that delivered her share to Stoli Group subsidiary Tenute del Mondo, which is ran by Shefler, and award him damages in connection with the transaction.The Shawnee, Oklahoma-born actor said in court docs that he and Jolie initially purchased the winery in 2008 for $28.4 million, at which time she put down about 40 percent of the funding (about $11.36 million). The latest:Brad Pitt, 58, is filing a lawsuit against Angelina Jolie, 46, over a business transaction she conducted involving Chateau Miraval, the Correns, France winery they had purchased as a couple, of which she subsequently sold her share to a Russian oligarchPitt said he put far more work and funding into the winery to make it profitable, and by 2013 she hadn't matched his efforts on either front.Pitt told the court that he and Jolie had agreed that they would not sell off their interest in the winery without the consent of the other party.
