American actress, Angelina Jolie’s company, Nouvel, has filed a $250 million lawsuit against her ex-husband Brad Pitt over alleged seizure of French estate.
The suit claims that the Bullet Train actor did this as retaliation over their divorce.
According to court documents, Nouvel has filed a $250 million lawsuit against Pitt. She alleges that he devised a campaign to “seize control” of Chateau Miraval after their divorce.
Chateau Miraval is the 1300-acre country estate the former couple bought together in 2008.
The lawsuit filed on September 6 states. “In retaliation for the divorce and custody proceedings, Pitt embarked on a multi-faceted, years-long campaign. It was to seize control of Chateau Miraval and appropriate the company’s assets for his benefit and that of his own companies and friends”.
It continues, “Appointing himself the rightful owner of Chateau Miraval. His twin objectives were to usurp the value of Jolie’s company, Nouvel, and to obtain sole ownership of Chateau Miraval.”
The lawsuit further states that Pitt “wasted” the Chateau’s assets. “spending millions on vanity projects, including more than $1 million on swimming pool renovations. Also other funds restoring a recording studio.”
It also alleges that he “attempted to turn over 50% of the ownership of Chateau Miraval’s most valuable assets, the Miraval trademarks” to one of his friends for free, taking “millions of dollars of value from Nouvel and put it in the pockets of Pitt and his friends.”
