Brad Pitt says Angelina Jolie withdrew Miraval records deal
Brad Pitt says Angelina Jolie reversed course on a discovery agreement in their Château Miraval lawsuit, withdrawing her consent on Feb. 23, 2026, to turn over profit-participation statements and tax records from 2017 through 2019. His attorneys now ask a judge to compel the missing documents, arguing her post-separation earnings could explain why she wanted to sell her winery stake.
Key Takeaways
- Angelina Jolie produced Miraval-related financial records for 2020 and 2021 but resisted Pitt's request for 2017–2019 documents.
- Pitt's team says Jolie initially agreed to broader discovery, then withdrew that agreement in February 2026.
- The fight sits inside Pitt's 2022 lawsuit over Jolie's $67 million sale of her Miraval interest to a Stoli-linked buyer.
- Jolie's lawyers say she never claimed financial distress and that post-separation earnings are private.
- Recent Miraval rulings have split, with wins for both sides on privilege, depositions, and jurisdiction.
What did Angelina Jolie agree to—and then withdraw?
According to Pitt's court filing, reported by Yahoo and RadarOnline, Jolie's side initially agreed to provide declarations responsive to two discovery requests covering the full 2017–2021 period, along with profit-participation statements for those years.
On Feb. 23, 2026, Pitt's attorneys say Jolie "withdrew her agreement" and limited production to 2020 and 2021. His team points to emails it says documented the earlier commitment. Pitt is now asking the court to compel the missing 2017–2019 material.
Why does Brad Pitt want Angelina Jolie's earlier financial records?
The dispute centers on whether Jolie's income and compensation between the couple's 2016 separation and her 2021 Miraval sale are relevant to her stated reasons for exiting the winery business. Pitt's lawyers argue those earnings could bear on explanations she may offer about why she wanted out of the partnership.
Pitt's side also proposed ending this discovery fight without the earlier records. Under that offer, Jolie would stipulate she was not under "economic pressure" before Jan. 1, 2020, and that Pitt had not subjected her to "economic coercion" from 2017 through 2019. She declined.
How is Angelina Jolie responding to the records request?
Jolie's attorneys dispute Pitt's premise. Her filing states she "has never alleged that she was in financial distress" and that seeking financial independence from an estranged spouse is not the same as claiming hardship.
Her position, as reported in August by PEOPLE and echoed in court papers, is that post-separation movie income, sponsorships, and other private earnings do not establish why she sold Miraval. She has linked the sale to the collapse of her relationship with Pitt and said she did not return to the estate after 2016.
Where does the $67 million Miraval sale fit in?
Jolie sold Nouvel—the company holding her Miraval interest—to Tenute del Mondo in October 2021 for $67 million. Tenute is part of the corporate group associated with Stoli and businessman Yuri Shefler. Pitt sued in February 2022, alleging the former spouses had an agreement requiring mutual consent before either sold an outside interest.
Jolie disputes that claim and says she first tried to sell her stake to Pitt. She has argued negotiations failed over a proposed non-disclosure agreement she considered too broad; Pitt's side has disputed that characterization. The couple's divorce was finalized in December 2024, but the winery case continues—one of several high-profile net worth and wealth battles still shaping both stars' post-divorce finances.
What have recent Miraval court rulings decided?
The docket has produced mixed outcomes. On May 4, a Los Angeles judge ruled Jolie did not have to provide Pitt with 22 unredacted attorney-client communications. In June, a California court ordered Stoli-related depositions to proceed, and the Court of Appeal reversed an order that had removed Shefler from the lawsuit for lack of personal jurisdiction.
With discovery still contested, the financial-records fight is the latest front in a case that has kept Château Miraval at the center of Pitt and Jolie's unresolved business—and reputational—dispute.