Brad Pitt's team insists there's nothing improper here—the subpoena was a legitimate legal tool, and the concerns about Stoli's business practices are well-documented. The source close to Brad points out the hearing hasn't even happened yet, calling the whole argument 'silly' and noting that Angelina and Stoli themselves have been less than transparent with their own documents.
Insiders say this subpoena move reeks of desperation. Brad's team allegedly sat on this information for weeks—long enough to review what they got before giving Stoli a heads-up. That's not standard legal procedure, that's strategic maneuvering. One source close to the situation says there's 'pot and kettle' going on because Angelina and Stoli don't share documents either—but that doesn't make what Brad's camp did look any better.
The subpoena was issued in December 2025 to a bank tied to Stoli's Texas bankruptcy case, requesting emails including questions about Vladimir Putin, Russia, and Russian assets. Stoli claims Brad's team obtained the documents weeks before informing them—giving Brad time to review everything before Stoli could object.
Brad Pitt is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers—or at least that's what his legal team would have you believe. But when both sides are throwing shade about document withholding, this divorce war just got a lot messier and a lot more expensive.
The Château Miraval saga has taken another wild turn, and this time Brad Pitt is on the defensive. Russian vodka giant Stoli—the company now tangled up in Pitt's bitter legal battle over the French estate he once shared with Angelina Jolie—is accusing the actor of making improper secret moves to gain information, according to new legal documents obtained by TMZ. Here's what's allegedly going down: In December 2025, Brad's legal team fired off a subpoena to a bank connected to Stoli's bankruptcy proceedings in Texas.
The subpoena wasn't just asking for routine financial records—it specifically requested emails exchanged with Stoli and included questions about Vladimir Putin, Russia, and any Russian assets of the company. That's a very specific and pointed set of inquiries that goes well beyond typical estate litigation discovery. Stoli's beef is this: Brad supposedly told them about the subpoena weeks after he had already obtained the documents from the bank.
The company claims the questions in the subpoena had nothing to do with the actual case at hand—meaning the Château Miraval dispute over winery ownership—and were designed purely to fish for damaging information about Stoli's business practices, presumably to bolster Brad's argument that he never wanted to sell his stake to them in the first place. The backstory is crucial here. Brad and Angelina bought the famed Miraval winery during their marriage, but when they divorced, Angelina sold her stake to none other than Stoli.
Brad immediately cried foul, claiming Angelina needed his approval before selling—and she disputes that assertion. He also claimed the head of Stoli had ties to Russia and was attempting a hostile takeover of the company he spent years building with Angelina. A source close to Brad offered TMZ a different spin on events, saying Angelina and Stoli have 'a habit of not sharing documents about their deal,' which makes this whole situation 'pot and kettle.' The source also revealed that Brad's new legal counsel didn't communicate with his previous lawyers about the subpoena request—the other attorneys already knew about it.
So either we're looking at a spectacular breakdown in communication, or someone's being less than forthcoming about what happened here. Stoli wants those documents destroyed immediately, claiming Brad strategically withheld knowledge of the subpoena until after he secured them—timing that would prevent Stoli from mounting any legal objection before the documents were already in Brad's hands. The judge will ultimately decide whether this was legitimate discovery or something more sinister. Either way, the Château Miraval divorce war is far from over—and it's getting increasingly complicated with every new filing.
