The divorce and custody battle between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is gradually coming to an end, most recently with the Hollywood actor giving up custody of the child.
Previously, Brad Pitt demanded shared custody of 6 children, while Angelina Jolie fought for full custody. This legal battle lasted for ten years. Since taking each other to court, Jolie’s children have all been under 18 years old. But since 2016 until now, the children have grown up, most of them choose to side with their mother.
After being removed from his name by his adopted daughter Zahara, and constantly attacked by his two adopted sons, Brad Pitt chose to give up, including his adopted child in Vietnam, named Pax Thien.
Why did Brad Pitt choose to stop?
Jolie-Pitt’s family of 8 before entering the legal battle.
Brad Pitt gives up
Theo People, The relationship between Brad Pitt and his children is tense after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce, declaring in court that the A-list actor in Hollywood was an abuser. She and her children were beaten and humiliated on the plane.
In the court application, actor Maleficent accused her husband of suffocating one child and hitting another child in the face. “On another occasion, he poured beer on Jolie, and on another occasion he poured red wine on the children,” the document states.
Another time, Brad Pitt was also accused of abusing his eldest son Maddox, but was later exonerated, according to OK! Magazine.
From then on, in the eyes of his children, Brad Pitt became a bad father.
While waiting for custody settlement, the six children temporarily stayed with their mother. From children needing guardianship, the star couple’s children gradually matured, turned 18 years old and made their own decisions.
The big blow to Brad Pitt came from Zahara.
At age 18, Zahara joined Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first black sorority at Spelman College. In the video, Zahara introduces her name as Zahara Marley Jolie instead of Zahara Jolie-Pitt. That means the only daughter gave up her father’s name and chose to side with her mother.
During the time they lived with their mother, despite frequent visits from Brad Pitt, the children were not interested in seeing their father, according to sources. Page Six.
On the occasion of his 60th birthday, actor Troy wrote a letter “inviting” the six children to attend, in an effort to mend the relationship. However, only three biological children, including Shiloh, twins Knox and Vivienne, were interested in coming to celebrate their father’s birthday.
At that time, the media commented that it was “not too surprising” about that. On social networks, audiences used the phrase “bloody different” to talk about the three adopted children hating Brad Pitt, even though the three children had previously been cared for and held in the actor’s arms.
As they grow up, children gradually move away from Brad Pitt.
The most surprising thing is that in the end none of the children were able to go to Paris, France to celebrate their father’s birthday, according to Life & Style.
Of the four older children who are aware enough of the legal battle between their parents, only biological daughter Shiloh has sympathy for Brad Pitt. She was even the one who tried to urge her brothers and sisters to talk to their father.
At one point, she got fed up and left home because she was helpless in the face of the worsening tension between her parents. According to New Idea Magazine, The 17-year-old girl had no choice but to run away from home for a while. She needs space to escape the toxic war between her parents.