Brad Pitt is taking strong legal steps to gain access to his ex-wife Angelina Jolie’s private messages, an important move before their upcoming trial about the French winery Château Miraval. The actor recently submitted a legal request asking the court to force Alexei Oliynik of Stoli Group to hand over his communications with Jolie and to sit for a formal interview under oath. Pitt claims these messages are crucial to his case.
In legal documents filed in June found by Page Six, Pitt’s team stated that they had “tried to discuss and negotiate” with Oliynik about the matter but have so far faced refusal. The main issue in Pitt’s argument is that Oliynik, who is from Switzerland, has “not cooperated” with the legal process. Oliynik has reportedly said that Swiss law “does not allow foreign citizens to be forced to travel to California for a deposition” as his reason for not complying.
