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Daniel Bird

Angelina Jolie slams Brad Pitt's 'malicious' legal battle over sale of $28.4m winery

Angelina Jolie has hit out at Brad Pitt in bombshell court documents as they continue to battle it out over the ownership of their $28.4 million Chateau Miraval Winery.

Back in July, the actress, 47, filed a petition in Los Angeles calling for the removal of a temporary restraining order on their assets automatically in place since their divorce got underway in 2016, so she could sell her share.

But Brad, 58, claimed Angelina's decision to sell her share of the winery to a complete "stranger" was to "inflict harm" on the business and also violated their agreement.

Now, in court documents, Angelina has labelled his allegations against her as "frivolous, malicious, and part of a problematic pattern."

Angelina Jolie has slammed her former husband Brad Pitt (Getty Images for AFI)
The actress has branded his allegations against her as "malicious" (Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Angelina is also said to have claimed she didn't want to be in the alcohol industry when "alcoholic behaviour harmed our family so deeply".

According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, the Maleficent: Mistress of Evil actress slammed Brad's "frivolous, malicious, and part of a problematic pattern" claims, with her own legal team providing an update.

Meanwhile, Brad had previously claimed both he and his former wife made an agreement not to sell their parts of the property without one another approving it.

The court documents go on to add: "Pitt's allegations that he and Ms. Jolie had a secret, unwritten, unspoken contract to a consent right on the sale of their interests in the property is directly contrary to the written record and, among other legal defects, violative of the Statute of Frauds and public policy."

In the past, Angelina has claimed to have witnessed "lots of inconsiderate behaviour" before adding decisions were made without her consent.

The actress said she had been "hurt" by the decisions that reportedly showed no interest in sharing their business and making it into something healthier for their children.

"I find it irresponsible and not something that I would want the children to see, it reminded me of painful times," she said when reflecting on imagery which was used to advertise their winery.

Meanwhile, Brad's lawyer Anne Kiley previously hit out, claiming her client has been on the receiving end of "every type of personal attack and misrepresentation" in the six years since they split.

Meanwhile, lawyers for Pitt say he's been the victim of a "personal attack" since their split six years ago (Getty Images)

In a swipe at the actress, Kiley said Brad had owned everything he's responsible for from day one 'unlike the other side.'

It comes after Jolie made a legal filing claiming her estranged husband was verbally and physically abusive towards his family on a plane in September 2016.

Documents alleged that among other things, the actor had "poured beer and wine" over the heads of the children and "choked" one of them.

Brad was accused of being abusive toward his then-15-year-old son Maddox during the flight, but investigations by child welfare officials and the FBI were closed with no charges being filed.

Brad has always vehemently denied claims he was abusive towards Maddox.

"Brad has owned everything he's responsible for from day one – unlike the other side – but he’s not going to own anything he didn’t do," added Kiley.

The Mirror have approached Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's representatives for comment.

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