Brad Pitt is back in the focus of a fresh family rupture after reports on Thursday 28 May said the 24-year-old Maddox has filed legal papers to drop 'Pitt' from his name and become Maddox Chivan Jolie. The reported filing, first carried by the Daily Mail and echoed by other outlets, lists the reason as 'personal' and has not yet been granted.
The news came after Maddox had already stopped using the surname informally earlier this year, including a credit as Maddox Jolie in Angelina Jolie's film Couture. It also follows a long, plainly strained relationship with Brad Pitt that has been reported for years, even before the latest paperwork surfaced.
