A source close to has claimed that her ex-husband stems from her refusal to sign an NDA about domestic violence claims.
The on the set of 2005 movie Mr and Mrs Smith and went on to marry in 2014.
They share six children together but after citing ‘irreconcilable differences’.
As of late they’ve beenafter Jolie, 47, in their Chateau Miraval wine business to Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of Stoli Group.
This then prompted her ex-husband Pitt, 59, to take legal action after claiming they had a ‘mutual and binding commitment’ to never sell their part of the business without the other’s permission.
According to court documents filed in LA Superior Court this week, Pitt only discovered Jolie had ‘secretly’ sold her half of the company to a ‘Russian oligarch’ when a press release issued in 2021 announced he had new business partners.
As the case continues to play out, a source close to the Tomb Raider actress has now said the legal action was a result of ‘her not agreeing to an NDA’ linked to previous abuse allegations, as reported by .
However a source close to Pitt then challenged these claims and said the ‘non-disparagement clause in the contract’ was ‘a totally standard’ business transaction.
They added: ‘Brad requested a mutual NDA and non-disparagement strictly related to Miraval over concerns around sensitive financial information and protecting the brand, which is standard with these types of transactions.’
‘It had nothing to do with the divorce or the children.’
Pitt’s lawyer Anne Kiley also told the publication that Pitt had ‘owned everything he’s responsible for from day one’ and that ‘unlike Angelina, and he’s not going to own anything further’.
‘He’s been through every agency and professional she’s thrown at him, two court hearings and we refer to the findings,’ she said.
The previous allegations raised by Jolie relate to a 2016 plane ride with their six kids and an incident that led her to file for divorce a few days later.
The source close to Jolie said that Pitt ‘cannot escape from the fact that he verbally and physically assaulted Ms. Jolie and their children’, echoing the allegations that he ‘choked one child and struck another’.
They added that Jolie had ‘no interest’ in speaking publicly about what happened, but ‘the only reason any of this has come out now is because Mr. Pitt decided to sue her for not agreeing to keep quiet’.
When Jolie’s legal team brought up the 2016 plane allegations in a response filed in October last year for the winery case, a source close to Pitt told PEOPLE: ‘It’s incredibly sad that she continues to rehash, revise and reimagine her description of an event that happened six years ago, adding in completely untrue information to try to get additional attention for herself at the expense of their family.’
They added that charges were never made against Pitt.
However, when in an interview with The Guardian in 2021 Jolie said there was ‘a lot I can’t say’ and said she felt ‘broken’ by her experiences.
Metro.co.uk has contacted representatives for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for comment.
