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The Hollywood estranged couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are engaged in a legal battle that is becoming more unclear about their French vineyard, Château Miraval. Now, according to a People report, Brad has been countersued for misappropriating funds from Chateau Miraval.
The company Tenute del Mondo, to whom Angelina sold her share of the winery, has countersued Brad and his company Mondo Bongo for €20 million in damages caused by Brad’s control over the winery in France.
As per People, Tenute claims that Brad used the winery’s finances and assets “on his personal expenses and to be diverted to his other business ventures rather than be paid out as dividends and loan repayments”.
“Pitt and Mondo Bongo have turned Château Miraval into their personal piggy bank,” according to the countersuit documents, adding, “They have entered into a series of transactions using Château Miraval’s funds that have deprived Tenute of the profits and loan repayments to which it is entitled”.
The court documents claimed that Brad “caused millions of its funds to be spent on projects that benefit him personally, including more than $1 million on renovations for a swimming pool that only he uses.”
According to the countersuit, Brad used Château Miraval’s assets to support side businesses, “allowing them to use Château Miraval’s image, premises and assets for zero or below market compensation”.
The company further claims that the actor refuses to allow Angelina to give complete control of the winery to the new shareholders. Tenute is requesting a jury trial for all damages, stating that Brad and his company failed to repay €20 million in loans made by Angelina to support the winery.
