Angelina Jolie’s Daughter Shiloh “Hired Her Own Lawyer” to Drop Her Dad Brad Pitt’s Last Name, Source Says

While Shiloh is the only Jolie-Pitt child who has filed to legally drop her father’s surname, Zahara has also been going only by Zahara Jolie (sans Pitt). In a recent performance for her college sorority, she introduced herself without her hyphenated surname, and simply went by “Zahara Marley Jolie.” And Vivienne, who recently helped her mother produce the Broadway show The Outsiders, opted to be credited in Playbill as “Vivienne Jolie,” rather than her previous “Vivienne Jolie-Pitt.”

Jolie and Pitt began dating in 2005 after meeting on the set of action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (while Pitt was still married to his first wife, Jennifer Aniston). The two officially wed in 2014, but split two years later after Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, citing an alleged altercation involving the kids on a plane. Since then, the actors have been tied up in a messy legal battle over their separation, assets, and custody of their children.

Earlier this year, in documents filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by CNN, Jolie’s lawyers say that negotiations with Pitt broke down when he attempted to impose a restrictive NDA that would have “prohibited Jolie from speaking (other than in court) about Pitt’s abuse of Jolie and their children.” According to Pitt’s lawyers, his personal reputation was not to be considered when it came to custody of business, including the winery purchased by the former couple.

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