Brad Pitt Wins Testimony Order in $164 Million Winery Fight as Appeal Revives $64 Million Sale Claims
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Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 26
Brad Pitt Wins Testimony Order in $164 Million Winery Fight as Appeal Revives $64 Million Sale Claims
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 26
Summary
A Los Angeles judge partly granted Pitt’s motion to depose Angelina Jolie’s business associates, ordering testimony from Alexey Oliynik and representatives of Tenute Del Mondo and Nouvel in the Château Miraval case.
By Aug. 7, the companies must provide dates for Oliynik’s deposition and confirm the availability of Stoli marketing head Marina Troyanovskaya, though the court denied Pitt’s request for monetary sanctions.
The ruling strengthens Pitt’s effort to challenge Jolie’s 2021 sale of her former 50% Miraval stake, which he says violated their agreement not to sell without mutual consent.
A California appeals court separately revived Pitt’s case against SPI owner Yuri Shefler, finding he may have purposefully conducted business tied to the $64 million Nouvel deal; a hearing on Pitt’s deposition bid is set for July 8.
Jolie’s lawyer said the testimony ruling does not affect the merits and said she expects to defeat the case at trial, now scheduled for August 2027.