American actor

Brad Pitt has sued his ex Angelina Jolie

for selling his share of the French vineyard where they married in 2008.

According to a lawsuit filed by Pitt in California on Thursday, the couple had "agreed that

they would never sell their respective interests

in Miraval without each other's consent."

Once Hollywood's most iconic couple

, movie superstars Pitt and Jolie

bought a majority stake in the vineyards of Chateau Miraval in the south of France, and were married there six years later.

But they dissolved their marriage in 2016 and have remained

locked in court battles

ever since, including over custody rights to their six children.

Last October Jolie sold her stake to

"a Luxembourg-based liquor manufacturer

controlled by Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler," says the legal document from Pit's representatives obtained by AFP.

disproportionate share

Pitt's lawsuit alleges that Jolie broke the terms of their original agreement by not offering her the right of first refusal.

"Jolie long ago stopped contributing to Miraval, while Pitt poured money and sweat into the wine business, building it into the rising company it is today," the suit states.

The brief describes the vineyard as a

"small unprofitable wine business"

that "needed renovation" before the couple bought it in 2008.

Pitt and Jolie paid for their part "approximately 25 million euros", about 28.3 million dollars.

The actor contributed 60% and Jolie the remaining 40%.

But Brad Pitt went on to pay for the renovations "in a manner grossly disproportionate to his relative ownership interest," with the understanding that

Jolie would not back out of the investment

without his consent, the suit alleges.

The actor brought in Marc Perrin, one of France's leading winemakers, to help transform the business into a leading rosé wine producer, but

"Jolie was not involved in these efforts," he

continues.

Revenue reportedly grew from about $3 million in 2013 to more than $50 million last year.

Debacle

Pitt and Jolie became a couple after co-starring in the 2004 film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."

Pitt was married to actress Jennifer Aniston at the time.

The actor, now 58

, was accused of beating one of his children during a flight from France to Los Angeles shortly before Jolie filed for divorce, but was later cleared by the FBI and social workers.

The couple announced in 2018 that they had reached an amicable agreement on the children,

three biological and three adopted

.

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