Brad Pitt accused of acting 'like a petulant child' and wasting money on 'vanity projects' in the latest filing from his ongoing legal battle with Angelina Jolie over their winery

• A company once owned by Angelina Jolie accused Brad Pitt of "looting" their winery's assets. 
• The latest filing also alleges Pitt acted "like a petulant child" and wasted money on "vanity projects."
• The former couple have feuded over the winery, which they co-owned for years.

The ongoing legal saga over Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's winery is heating up.

In a new court filing obtained by Insider, Nouvel — a company formerly owned by Jolie — accuses Pitt of acting "like a petulant child" and wasting money on "vanity projects" like building and rebuilding a staircase four times.

Nouvel's lawyers say in the legal filing that Pitt "engaged in a vindictive campaign to dominate and loot the wine business that the couple had built and owned together." 

The two megastars first purchased the winery — Château Miraval in the south of France — together in 2008. But after their heated divorce, Jolie sold her portion — a 50% stake — to a Russian oligarch.

Pitt previously claimed in the ongoing lawsuit that Jolie sold her stake without his knowledge knowing that the oligarch would try to wrestle control of the $28-million winery away from him.

The latest complaint alleges Pitt was "incensed" that Jolie did not sell her half of the winery to him so he "has acted like a petulant child," refusing to allow the new co-owner to participate in the business, all while simultaneously draining its assets, according to the document. 

"After hijacking Chateau Miraval and its highly profitable wine business," the filing states, "Pitt wasted the company's assets, spending millions on vanity projects, including more than $1 million on swimming pool renovations, building and rebuilding a staircase four times, and spending millions to restore a recording studio."

Attorneys for Nouvel declined to say anything beyond their latest complaint and attorneys for Brad Pitt didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. 

The former couple met on the set of the 2004 film "Mr. and Mrs Smith," when Pitt was still married to his ex Jennifer Aniston. The "Friends" star filed for divorce in March 2005 and he appeared on a red carpet with Jolie a month later. 

Jolie and Pitt were together for nearly a decade and shared six children together before they got married in France in August 2014. They were only married for about two years before Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016 citing irreconcilable differences and was seeking primary custody of their children. 

Pitt was subsequently accused of allegedly physically abusing one of their children and was later cleared of all charges. A court battle over child support began in August 2018 during which Jolie accused Pitt of failing to pay "meaningful" child support. A private judge granted Pitt "significantly" more "time with his kids in the custody case in May 2021, months before Pitt sued Jolie regarding the winery February 2022.