It was a breakup that lasted almost as long as the relationship that preceded it.
Nicknamed “the rosé wars”, Angelina Jolie has now accused of “controlling” ex Brad Pitt, 60, of “exhausting him financially”, through the long legal battle over the cellar which has dogged the couple since their separation in 2016.
But as she seeks to claim her ex is ‘bleeding her dry’, DailyMail.com can reveal that since their ten-year relationship ended in divorce after two years of marriage, her fortune has soared .
Far from diminishing her funds, a DailyMail.com investigation reveals that Jolie’s relationship with Pitt helped enrich her by nearly $100 million.
This money comes from loans, child support, gifts and the millions she made from the sale of her 50 percent share in the property at the heart of the dispute – Chateau Miraval – ten percent of which was a gift from Pitt.
The couple’s former French home, a stunning 1,200-acre estate and vineyard, was worth $60 million when they purchased it in 2008. Today, thanks to Pitt’s efforts and investment in the The company’s value is an astronomical $164 million.
And while Jolie, 48, appears to cry poverty in her latest court filings, sources close to Pitt point out that the Tomb Raider star had enough money to sign a recent deal to take over 57 Great Jones Street, a unique space in Manhattan. owned by Andy Warhol and previously rented for $60,000 a month.
Angelina Jolie has accused her ex Brad Pitt of trying to “control and drain her financially” throughout their ongoing legal battle since their split in 2016, new documents reveal.
Angelina Jolie looked effortlessly chic as she visited the window display of her new fashion house, Atelier Jolie
Friends of the actor say Pitt did his part to financially support his ex-wife and their children, despite their acrimonious legal battle.
Details of Jolie’s ownership are not known, but she opened the 6,600 square foot property as a store to promote her fashion brand, Atelier Jolie.
In newly filed court documents obtained by DailyMail.com, the actress claims: “It is extremely painful for Jolie to have to defend herself against Pitt’s lawsuit – itself another example of Pitt’s relentless efforts to control and drain her financially – especially because of Pitt’s false allegations as to why the Miraval deal fell through, can only be proven by doing exactly what Jolie never wanted to do: provide the trier of fact with the facts. reason the Miraval deal fell through, namely Pitt’s request for an NDA to cover up his history of physical and emotional abuse towards Jolie and their family.
According to a source close to the situation: “Angie says Brad is bleeding her dry – but it looks like she wants to bleed him dry.
“Far from wanting to ruin his ex, it seems Brad went out of his way to support Angie and help her financially despite her appearing so vindictive,” the source added.
Pitt had initially sought to buy out Jolie himself, in order to keep the winery “in the family” if she wished to retire. But the deal collapsed amid acrimony.
Pitt accused Jolie of violating their purchase agreement when she sold her 50% stake in Château Miraval to Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler, in 2021, without her ex-husband’s consent.
According to Jolie, the earlier offer to sell him to Pitt for $54 million imploded due to her demands.
Since their split in 2016, the two stars have been feuding in court over their French winery, Château Miraval (seen), which they once owned together.
Pitt was shocked when his ex-wife sold him half of their magnificent Château Miraval estate without his consent to Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler (left) in 2021.
Jolie accused her ex-husband of being violent towards her and their six children – Maddox Chivan, 22, Pax Thien, 20, Zahara Marley, 19, Shiloh Nouvel, 17, and twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, 15 years old.
But friends of the Oscar-winning Upon a Time in Hollywood star have rallied to defend Pitt as a man who has been nothing but generous in his dealings with the actress.
As of 2018, Pitt spent more than $1.3 million on child support, including therapy for the children, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars in miscellaneous bills.
According to sources, Pitt has been paying these expenses regularly over the past seven years, during which time he is said to have racked up nearly $10 million in child support.
When the then-couple purchased Miraval in 2008, Pitt took a 60 percent stake in the wine business and estate, while Jolie took 40 percent.
Pitt invested millions in the field, riding the rosé wave and growing the business in an effort that saw sales increase 300 percent.
Soon, the estate they purchased for an estimated $60 million was worth closer to $164 million.
By the time of their marriage, Jolie had “stopped investing,” according to previously filed court documents — which she denied.
However, Pitt transferred 10 percent of his share to her as a wedding gift in December 2013 “for the sum of 1 euro”. [never paid]” so that by the time they married in August 2014, they were 50/50 equal partners.
According to sources, Pitt (pictured with three of his children and his parents in 2014) has racked up nearly $10 million in child support over the years.
Sources close to the Hollywood actor have defended Pitt as a man who has been nothing but generous in his dealings with his ex, whom they describe as “vindictive.”
In addition to this generous gift, Pitt gave his wife a rare painting by Winston Churchill, “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque,” which she sold in March 2021 for $11.5 million.
He loaned her $8 million to buy her current home in Los Angeles in 2018.
Jolie purchased the large Los Feliz resort, which once housed Cecil B. DeMille, for $24.5 million and has since claimed that Pitt’s $8 million was in the form of an interest-bearing loan and of a repayment plan.
Ironically, she told Vogue that she chose the property because she wanted the children to be closer to their father who lives just five minutes away.
Meanwhile, as the war over the sale of the winery continues, Pitt has scored several legal victories in recent months, including a key judgment in Luxembourg that returned him control of the award-winning Château Miraval vineyard pending further hearings .
Last month, he scored another victory when the Los Angeles Superior Court rejected Jolie’s claims that her lawsuit was “frivolous, malicious and part of a problematic pattern.”
