Earlier this month , insiders alleged that Brad has “ almost no contact ” with his adult children .
An attorney forAngelina JolieandBrad Pitt’s daughter Shiloh has spoken out for the first time about her “significant” move to drop “Pitt” from her last name.
It was reported over the weekend that Shilohpublished an adin the Los Angeles Times stating that she had filed to change her name from “Shiloh Jolie-Pitt” to “Shiloh Jolie.”
According toprevious reports, Shiloh first filed to change her name on her 18th birthday, May 27. The LA Times notice was the next step in the legal process, where — underCalifornia law— the petitioner must have the legal forms published in a newspaper for one month before a judge can approve the request.
Now, amid speculation surroundingthe newspaper spot, Shiloh’s attorney, Peter Levine, has issued astatementclearing up any confusion about how she’s navigated the process.
“The media should be more careful in their reporting,” the attorney said, “especially when covering a young adult who has made an independent and significant decision following painful events, and is merely following legal process.”
Levine’s mention of the “painful events” that led up to Shiloh’s decision comes amid speculation that she and her five siblings — Maddox, 22; Pax, 20; Zahara, 19; and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne — are largelyestranged from their fatherin the wake of his and Angelina’s 2016 split.
Their divorce isstill ongoing, and Angelina’s initial filing to end the marriage in September 2016 was believed to have been prompted byan alleged incidenton a private jet, whereby Brad was accused of physically abusing then-15-year-old Maddox.
Although Shiloh is the first of her siblings to file a legal request to change her name, her sisters,ZaharaandVivienne, have also publicly omitted “Pitt” from their last names on separate occasions.
Earlier this month,Peoplepublished reports that Brad has “virtually no contact” with his adult children and “has visitation with the younger kids” per a custody agreement with Angelina. He is also said to be “aware and upset” that Shiloh has filed to change her name.
