Angelina Jolie wins key verdict in French winery legal battle with Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie doesn’t have to disclose private emails in her Chateau Miraval fight with Brad Pitt, a Los Angeles court has ruled. The ruling currently excludes 22 messages from the case, although Pitt may raise the issue again.
A Los Angeles court has granted Angelina Jolie the legal advantage in her ongoing dispute with ex-husband Brad Pitt over French winery, Chateau Miraval. The case dates back to 2022, when Brad Pitt filed a lawsuit alleging that Jolie sold her stake in the business without his consent, disrupting the winery’s operations.
In a recent ruling, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled that Brad Pitt cannot force Jolie to disclose a set of private e-mails related to the sale of her stake in the property.
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According to court documents cited by page six And tmzThe judge found that Pitt “has not met his burden” to rebut Jolie’s claim that the e-mails are legally protected.
The motion was rejected without prejudice, leaving scope for Pitt to raise the issue again at a later stage.
The ruling relates specifically to 22 e-mails sought by Pitt’s legal team. The court held that the communications were protected under legal privilege, noting that although not all were between attorney and client, they contained elements of legal strategy and were therefore exempt from disclosure.
The development follows an earlier ruling from December 2025, when a judge ordered Jolie to hand over the e-mails. That decision was later found to be flawed, forcing the High Court to send the case back for reconsideration.
Jolie also sought approximately US$34,000 in sanctions against Pitt’s legal team for attempting to force the release of the e-mails, but that request was denied. Responding to the latest order, a source close to Pitt said tmz That Jolie “should not celebrate a potentially temporary ruling that allows her to keep information about her true intentions out of court.”
The dispute is part of a long-running legal battle between the former couple over Chateau Miraval, which they once co-owned and where they married.
Jolie has said that she acted within her legal rights after talks between the two broke down.
last month, f1 The actor moved the court to stop any delay in the trial and argued that the ongoing dispute was depriving him of the “quiet enjoyment” of the property. The trial is currently scheduled for February 1, 2027, although Jolie has asked for it to be moved to November 2027.