In the midst of the storm that confronts Angelina Jolie with her
ex-husband, Brad Pitt, are her six children and her custody.
The
hard and long legal battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in court is
full of wounds and edges. But there is one that is especially sensitive and
painful. These are the six children (Maddox, Zahara, John —formerly called
Shiloh—, Pax, Vivenne and Knox) that the couple shares and whose custody
has always been one of the main and most contentious points of their
disagreement.
Since Angelina Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016,
the actress has demanded full custody of the children because she
considered, she said, that her ex was a toxic influence on them; instead,
Brad Pitt has claimed joint custody, which would allow him to continue
living with them in alternating periods.
If in the first moments
the children stayed with their mother and a visitation regimen was
established for Pitt, which had to be supervised by a therapist, later it
was decided that this visitation regimen would be progressive and more
beneficial for the actor until, if everything It was going well, ending up
in shared custody.
At the end of 2018, the actor obtained joint custody and his
children alternated staying at his Los Angeles home with his mother's
residence (shortly before, a judge had reprimanded Angelina Jolie for
restricting Brad Pitt's access to his children and threatened to remove
physical custody). Shortly after it transpired that, in reality, Pitt only
maintained the relationship with four of his children because the two eldest
(Maddox and Pax) had been excluded from the agreement.
The latest twist in the case, which indicates that Maddox has
testified against his father and that Angelina Jolie is preparing to present
evidence against him for domestic violence, could lead, if successful, to a
change in custody. If it is favorable to Angelina, she could move with her
children outside the United States, something that he cannot do now.
So are the children of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie:
Maddox: He is the eldest of the children of Brad Pitt and Angelina
Jolie. He was adopted by the second in a Cambodian orphanage in 2002. In
2006, Brad Pitt became his adoptive father. He is currently 19 years old and
can choose which of his parents to live with. His position is clear: the
latest news indicates that this March he has given a statement in his
parents' trial against Brad Pitt, with whom he does not have good (or bad)
relations. According to various sources, he has long since he doesn't see
him). It was Maddox who stood up to his father to defend his mother during a
dispute in that famous plane crash that precipitated the divorce petition
(according to Angelina Jolie supporters, Pitt physically and verbally
assaulted him) and has stopped using the surname. of Pitt. As of 2019, he
was living in a college in South Korea while studying Biochemistry. However,
when the Covid-19 crisis broke out and borders began to close, he decided to
return home and lives with his mother.
Pax Thien: He was born in 2003 in Vietnam (he is currently 17
years old) and was adopted by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt when he was 3
years old, in 2007, and lived in an orphanage. She would be one of the
children of the couple who is closest to her mother, with whom he lives.
However, the relationship with his father, today, would be non-existent,
according to various media, which ensure that the teenager has refused to
meet him at Christmas in recent years (several rumors indicate, on the other
hand, that Brad Pitt does not was convinced of adding a new member to the
family when they adopted him, something that would have passed on to the
child). In addition to the usual studies, he studies Vietnamese.
Zahara Marley: She was born in 2005 in Ethiopia and was adopted
by the couple when she was 6 months old. She has done her first steps in
acting. In 2014, at the age of 9, she made a small appearance in
'Maleficent' and in 2016 she voiced Meng Meng, a character in 'Kung Fu Panda
3' where her mother also worked. She has also collaborated in the design of
a jewelry collection for the red carpet of the 'Maleficent' premiere. She
has also participated in some of Angelina's solidarity actions.
John
(formerly Shiloh): Brad and Angelina's first biological child was born in
2006, in Namibia, as Shiloh (now 14 years old). At the age of 8, he asked to
change his name and be called 'John', according to the gender with which he
really felt identified, Brad Pitt told Oprah Winfrey in an interview. In
2019 he would have started hormonal treatment to begin his transition at a
center in California, according to People magazine. His parents have
supported her at all times. "Like all his brothers, he has the freedom to
decide what he wants to be," Angelina once said. Like Zahara, John has
participated in some productions, such as 'Kung Fu Panda 3'. Although I do
not knowthey know tensions with their father, the latest news indicates that
he could also testify in the trial against Brad. He gets along very well
with his sister Zahara, with whom he shares friendships (among them, Millie
Bobby Brown).
Knox Leon: He was born in July 2008 in France and has a twin
sister, Vivienne. Both are biological children of the couple and the
youngest of the family (they are currently 12 years old). Like some of his
brothers, he made his acting debut by voicing one of the characters from
'Kung Fu Panda 3'. They say that then he already communicated to his parents
his great interest in the world of acting. Physically, he is the one who
most closely resembles his parents. According to the latest information, his
mother has proposed that he testify at the trial against Brad Pitt, although
he should give the go-ahead for it.
Vivienne Marcheline: Knox León's twin sister is, like him, 12
years old. In 2014 she debuted in a movie playing the girl Aurora from the
movie 'Maleficent' in which her mother starred. Again, her mother has
proposed her to testify in the trial against Brad Pitt but it would have to
be him who gave her permission to do so.
