Brad Pitt has requested a court docket to order his ex-wife Angelina Jolie handy over her film earnings amid their ongoing bitter authorized battle.
Brad Pitt’s legal professionals ask Angelina Jolie handy over film incomes information
Authorized paperwork obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday (04.08.26) embrace a request from Pitt’s legal professionals – made throughout a court docket listening to on July 31 – that Jolie ought to present “paperwork ample to point out her earnings”, notably from 2017 to 2019.
The authorized crew added that they’re “not even looking for all of her revenue statements … simply looking for statements that present for movies they’re already within the cash and he or she is receiving funds”.
Among the many motion pictures Jolie starred in throughout that interval have been 2019’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil based on IMDB (the Web Film Database).
The previous couple, who share six kids, are at present within the midst of a authorized battle over Château Miraval, the French vineyard they owned collectively from 2008 to 2021.
Pitt was the primary to file a authorized swimsuit in opposition to his ex, alleging that he and his former spouse had a “two-party consent settlement” in place, however Jolie hit again with a countersuit, stating that there was no such settlement, and claiming she had tried to buyout the actor’s shares within the vineyard, however alleged Pitt refused except she signed an NDA (non-disclosure settlement).
In response to the brand new request from Pitt’s legal professionals, Jolie’s authorized crew argued that the monetary info that has been requested just isn’t related to their dispute.
The request is the most recent in a string of forwards and backwards between the exes’ authorized groups, with Jolie’s legal professionals beforehand stating that the actress had “largely put her profession on maintain, forgoing years of compensation within the course of”.
Whereas the brand new request will assist put Jolie’s “coercion” and “financial leverage” claims into “context”, her authorized crew mentioned.
Jolie’s legal professionals then hit again, arguing that the “complete foundation for Pitt compelling these solutions is a made-up principle that Jolie didn’t allege”.
The response continued, “Pitt claims that Jolie has put her complete monetary situation at difficulty going again to 2017 due to her allegation that she was looking for ‘monetary independence.’
“However Pitt’s selective quote misleadingly fails to incorporate everything of her allegation. Jolie doesn’t allege that she was looking for monetary independence within the summary; she alleges that she was looking for ‘monetary independence from her ex-husband.’
“Separating from one’s ex-husband is categorically totally different from an allegation that one is struggling common monetary misery.”
Pitt and Jolie cut up in 2016, with their divorce finalised in December 2024.
