Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie split in 2016
Actor Brad Pitt continues to face child abuse allegations following his high-profile split with Angelina Jolie, with whom he shares six children. Recently, their daughter Shiloh made headlines by legally removing Pitt from her hyphenated last name, Jolie-Pitt, on her 18th birthday in May.
According to a source close to the situation, Shiloh hired her attorney to handle the name change, motivated by the alleged abuse.
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Shiloh’s lawyer, Peter Levine, clarified the reasons behind her decision, emphasizing that it was driven by emotional pain. He also denied reports that Shiloh had used the media to announce the name change.
Over the weekend, rumors circulated that Shiloh had taken out an advertisement in the Los Angeles Times to publicize the change.
“The media should be more careful in their reporting,” Levine told People. “Especially when covering a young adult who has made an independent and significant decision following painful events, and is merely following legal process.
Shiloh Jolie did not take out an ‘ad’ announcing any name change or any inaccurate press reporting. As Shiloh’s attorney, I am required to publish a legal notice because the law in California requires that of anyone who wants to change their name. That legal notice was published in the Los Angeles Times, as is required.”
Following the announcement in May, a source close to Pitt expressed the actor’s dismay over his daughter’s legal action. “He’s aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name. He’s never felt more joy than when she was born. He always wanted a daughter,” the insider told People magazine.
“The reminders that he’s lost his children, is of course not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them. It’s very sad,” they continued. “He’s still happy with Ines [de Ramon],” the source said of Pitt’s girlfriend, but the separation from his six children “pains him.”
Since Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, Pitt and Jolie have been embroiled in a contentious custody battle, with the couple being declared legally single in 2019. In 2022, Jolie was re-granted sole physical custody of her minor children, including Shiloh at the time, after Pitt had briefly held joint custody. Pitt was then allowed “custodial time” with his minor children.
Two of Pitt’s other daughters, Vivienne and Zahara, have also seemingly dropped Pitt from their last name in both professional and personal contexts.
In May, it was confirmed that Vivienne Jolie-Pitt’s name appeared as Vivienne Jolie in a playbill for “The Outsiders,” a production she worked on with her mother.
Zahara also identified herself as “Zahara Marley Jolie” in a video obtained by Essence, during her induction into a sorority at Spelman College.
Representatives for Pitt, Jolie, and Shiloh did not immediately respond to US Newzs Digital’s request for comment.