Angelina Jolie pushes back at Brad Pitt over his attempt to secure her tax returns for years following their split

Angelina Jolie is pushing back on ex-husband Brad Pitt in his efforts to retrieve her tax returns for the three years following their split, amid their ongoing legal battle over their French winery Château Miraval.

The Fight Club star, 62, in legal documents reviewed by the Daily Mail, has requested Jolie turn in her tax records and other financial documentation spanning the years 2017-2019, based off remarks she made that she says Pitt is taking out of context. 

The 51-year-old Maleficent star said in new legal documents reviewed by TMZ that his efforts are part of a 'continued mischaracterization and selective quoting' of statements she's made about the long-running case. 

Pitt told the court he has expounded time and labor into the Correns, France winery, and Jolie breached a pact they had previously made when she looked to sell her share of the estate to Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler.

Jolie told the court that she didn't need Pitt's approval over the transaction; and that he took past statements that she made the sale to achieve 'financial independence' out of context.

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Jolie and Pitt for further comment on the story. 

Jolie clarified her comment to mean that she wanted to delineate her finances from Pitt's in an effort to separate herself from him, and not about her money situation in general.

Pitt's attorneys told the court that the remark essentially opened her up to scrutiny considering the nature of the litigation.

Jolie's legal team said that the thrust of her remark was that she had been looking for 'financial independence from her ex-husband.'

They added that 'separating from one's ex-husband is categorically different from allegations that one is suffering from general financial distress.'

Jolie's legal team noted that she had been looking to 'untangle her life and her finances from' Pitt.

Jolie had offered to provide Pitt with access to tax returns for 2020 and 2021, her lawyers said.

Lawyers for Pitt said that Jolie can't make the allegation the actor had 'economically cornered one of Hollywood's most successful actresses while refusing to produce the basic income and profit-participation documents needed to test that claim,' TMZ reported after reviewing legal documents in the case. 

Pitt's legal team said that if Jolie 'had substantial income and other resources during the relevant period,' financial records 'would directly undermine her claim' that she had 'no meaningful alternative' business-wise, 'but to sell her interests in' the winery.

Pitt's attorneys noted that Jolie, also an Oscar-winner, 'is a globally recognized actress who had commanded extraordinary compensation for major studio work, including reported compensation of approximately $33 million for Maleficent.'

The sum helped make her 'Forbes' highest-paid actress for that year.'

Lawyers for Pitt noted that based off Jolie's 'allegations that she lacked meaningful economic alternatives,' they are 'entitled to' probe the claim with evidence. 

The Oscar-winning Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood star initially filed the lawsuit against Jolie in early 2022, telling the court she had sold her share of the estate to  Shefler.

Jolie and the Moneyball actor are parents to six children: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 17. 

They split up in 2016 following a 12-year relationship and two-year marriage, with their divorce finalized eight years later in December 2024 amid a number of legal battles.