By: Entertainment DeskMumbai | October 10, 2025 05:20 PM IST 4 min readAngelina Jolie has described her divorce from Brad Pitt as “emotionally difficult,” revealing new details about the period following their separation and their dispute over the Château Miraval estate in France. The comments were made in a recent declaration filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court, part of the former couple’s ongoing legal battle over ownership of the property. According to Page Six, Jolie submitted the statement in response to Pitt’s demand that she turn over private communications related to the Miraval dispute. The actor also requested that Pitt cover $33,000 in legal fees, which she said she was forced to incur in responding to his motion.In her declaration, Angelina Jolie explained that after filing for divorce, she ceded control of both their Los Angeles home and Château Miraval to Brad Pitt, hoping it would ease tensions. “The events leading to my need to separate from my ex-husband were emotionally difficult for me and our children. Upon filing for divorce, I left him control (and full residency) of our family homes in Los Angeles and at Miraval, without compensation, which I hoped would make him calmer in his dealings with me after a difficult and traumatic period,” she said.The Oscar-winning actor said she and her six children, Maddox (24), Pax (21), Zahara (20), Shiloh (19), and twins Knox and Vivienne (17) — “have never again set foot” at Miraval because of its “connection to the painful events leading to the divorce.” After the separation, Jolie said she “immediately began to look for a new house for me and our children, initially renting a home while looking for a more stable solution.”Brad Pitt sued Angelina Jolie after she sold her stake in Miraval to the Stoli Group’s wine division, claiming she did so without his consent. Jolie has maintained that she did not require his approval to proceed with the sale. She said that her savings were “tied up in Miraval,” and that she needed access to those funds as she had not sought “alimony or any other financial support” from Pitt.Also Read | Travis Kelce jokes he’s ‘terrified’ for his dad to hear Taylor Swift’s song ‘Wood’: ‘She’s put the world on tilt’Reflecting on the estate’s emotional significance, Jolie described it as more than just a property. “Miraval was one of the first major investments we made together, and it was a focal point of our family life. We were married there, I spent part of my pregnancy there, and I brought our twin children home there from the hospital. To have such a sudden break from my home and memories has been hard, and it was especially difficult for the children to have their lives so disrupted,” she said.Angelina Jolie’s legal team said she repeatedly asked Brad Pitt to withdraw his motion and warned him about the financial burden it imposed. When he “refused to withdraw it,” Jolie requested that the court compel him to “reimburse her for the substantial attorneys’ fees she was forced to incur.” The dispute is part of a broader, years-long legal saga that began after Jolie and Pitt separated on September 15, 2016. The two were married on August 14, 2014, and were declared legally single on April 12, 2019. In a related filing earlier this year, Pitt’s team claimed he sought the disputed messages because Stoli Group’s executive, Alexei Oliynik, allegedly refused to comply with deposition requests.Click for more updates and latest Hollywood News along with Bollywood and Entertainment updates. Also get latest news and top headlines from India and around the World at The Indian Express.© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd