Overview
- Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ciny Pánuco ruled that 22 emails between Angelina Jolie and her lawyers are protected by attorney‑client privilege and cannot be disclosed.
- The court also denied Jolie’s request for about $33,692 in sanctions against Brad Pitt, finding his push for the emails had sufficient legal basis.
- Pitt first sought 126 documents and later narrowed the request to 22 messages tied to Jolie’s 2021 sale of her stake in the French winery to Stoli’s Tenute del Mondo.
- The judge said the issue could be revisited if new facts show the messages fall outside legal‑advice protection.
- The underlying 2022 lawsuit challenges the sale as a breach of a no‑transfer agreement, and court filings show Pitt is seeking about $35 million in damages.