Jolie seeks $33K in legal fees over Pitt discovery in Miraval case

Angelina Jolie detailed the emotional aftermath of her split from Brad Pitt and asked a Los Angeles court to order him to reimburse roughly $33,000 in legal fees after he moved to compel private communications in their ongoing dispute over Château Miraval, a French estate the couple once jointly owned. The filing, lodged Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, was submitted as part of litigation that followed Jolie’s sale of her stake in the Miraval winery in 2021 and Pitt’s suit alleging she sold the interest without his approval.

In the declaration, Jolie said the events that prompted her separation were "emotionally difficult for me and our children" and described leaving shared residences to Pitt without compensation in hopes of reducing conflict. She wrote that she and the six children have not returned to Miraval because of its connection to the painful events surrounding the divorce. Jolie said her savings were tied up in Miraval, that she declined work for about two years to care for the children, and that she asked Pitt to loan money with interest to buy a home for the family near his residence.

The Miraval dispute centers on Jolie’s 2021 transaction transferring her...