Brad Pitt has scored a legal victory in his ongoing Château Miraval battle with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
According to court documents exclusively obtained by Page Six, a Michigan judge ruled on Thursday, May 28, that lawyers for Stoli’s side improperly blocked testimony during a key deposition tied to the case.
The court found that former Stoli General Counsel, Todd Culyba, was improperly instructed not to answer 33 questions during a December deposition concerning Jolie’s 2021 sale of her stake in the French winery business.
Brad Pitt has scored a legal victory in his ongoing Château Miraval battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie. (Seen above in January 2012) WireImage
The pair have been entangled in a dispute over the French winery since 2022. AFP via Getty Images
The blocked questions included inquiries about the involvement of Yuri Shelfer — Stoli’s ultimate beneficial owner — in Jolie’s sale of her indirect interest in Miraval to the company.
The judge determined that attorney-client privilege did not extend to the “business aspects” of the deal, which the court said were fair game for questioning.
As a result, Culyba was ordered to sit for another deposition and answer the previously blocked questions, along with related follow-ups, over objections from the Stoli side.
According to court documents exclusively obtained by Page Six, a Michigan judge ruled that lawyers for the Stoli side improperly blocked testimony during a key deposition tied to the case. AFP via Getty Images
The latest ruling marks another turn in the legal battle between Pitt and Jolie over Château Miraval. (Seen above in June 2014) AFP via Getty Images
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The latest ruling marks another turn in the legal battle between Pitt, 62, and Jolie, 50, over Château Miraval.
Pitt first filed a 2022 lawsuit claiming that his ex-wife had sold her share of Miraval to Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of the Stoli Group, despite a prior agreement that neither would do so unless the other person approved.
Jolie denied that agreement and responded by filing a countersuit, claiming the actor-producer has been “waging a vindictive war against” her.
The decision also comes just weeks after Jolie scored a legal victory of her own when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied Pitt’s effort to force her to turn over a set of private emails tied to the winery dispute, ruling he had not met the burden to overcome attorney-client privilege claims.
Pitt filed a 2022 lawsuit claiming Jolie sold her share of Miraval despite a prior agreement that neither would do so unless the other person approved. (Seen above in June 2025) WireImage
The “Moneyball” star finalized his long-running divorce from the “Maleficent” actress in December 2024. (Seen above in June 2014) AFP via Getty Images
The motion was “denied without prejudice,” meaning the “F1” star could raise the issue again later. At the time, a source exclusively told Page Six, “It’s notable how Jolie has withheld so many documents as privileged. These emails are just some of the evidence in the case.”
Pitt previously secured a separate discovery win in December 2025 when a judge ordered Jolie to turn over certain unredacted non-attorney communications related to the winery fight.
Jolie has previously accused Pitt of waging a “vindictive war” against her through litigation, while Pitt’s side has argued the withheld communications are central to understanding the sale.
The “Moneyball” star finalized his long-running divorce from the “Maleficent” actress in December 2024, bringing an end to more than eight years of legal proceedings.
The former couple share six children: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17.
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