Brad Pitt has accused Angelina Jolie of "persistent misdirection" in the court battle over their once-shared winery

Brad is keen to see correspondence between Angelina and her business manager, Terry Bird, her British publicists, Chloe Dalton and Arminka Helic, and two financial consultants.

In documents obtained by Us Weekly magazine, the 61-year-old star highlighted that in her own declaration, Angelina had dec lared it was "her routine practice to engage in lengthy conversations with her non-attorney business manager Terry Bird about 'essentially all aspects of [her] business and professional life' including discussion about 'legal advice and proposed strategy' at issue.'"

He added: "What Jolie is describing here are brainstorming sessions between non-lawyers. The fact that these brainstorming sessions may have followed or preceded advice from a lawyer on the same general topic or a related topic does not shield them from [being turned over]."

Brad argued the Maria actress "has categorically withheld such communications, including the entirety of all but one of Bird's internal communications discussing the terms of the sale of her interest in Chateau Miraval to the [third party] - the key transaction at issue in this litigation."

With the emails to her publicists, Brad said no lawyers were copied in and Angelina has yet to explain why the assistance of "British image consultants was reasonably necessary to receive legal advice regarding the sale of the French home and winery she owned".

And after more than three years of litigation, he believes there are many missing emails and Angelina has " still produced only one internal email that even mentions the terms of the sale at the centre of this case."

The Moneyball star claimed his ex-wife had complained about him asking her to turn over the messages voluntarily for a review in court.

He said: "It is odd that Jolie has declined to do so, given that it would presumably be the easiest way to meet her burden to show that she has redacted only privileged legal advice."

Angelina has previously argued Brad wanted to see emails discussing legal matters with others and she didn't need to turn them over. She also requested he was sanctioned by the court and he pay her $33,000 to cover the legal fees involved in fighting the email demand.

Her lawyer said: "Mr. Pitt's reply brief does not address our arguments and continues to rely on conjecture and speculation - all for the purpose of invading her privileged communications with her lawyers. This once again confirms that this lawsuit is the manifestation of Mr. Pitt's years-long effort to harass and control Angelina. We look forward to the upcoming hearing."

The Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-stars - who married in 2014 - finally finalised their divorce in December 2024 but are still in dispute over Chateau Miraval.

After Angelina sold her stake to Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of the Stoli Group, Brad filed a lawsuit in February 2022 alleging she had made the sale despite them having an agreement that neither would do so unless the other approved.

The Maleficent actress responded with a countersuit in September of that year, arguing the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor had been "waging a vindictive war against" her since she filed for divorce.