Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, a daughter of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, decided to drop her father’s last name from her own “following painful events,” her attorney says.
The “Kung Fu Panda 3” voice actor filed a name-change petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court last May on the heels of her 18th birthday. Shiloh, whose full name is currently Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, wants her name instead to be “Shiloh Nouvel Jolie,” according to the petition reviewed by The Times and a name-change notice that ran in the July 8 edition of this newspaper.
On July 8, attorney Peter Levine also filed a legal notice in this newspaper as part of a state legal procedure that helps screen disingenuous name changes. But the notice was mischaracterized by TMZ and other outlets as Shiloh “taking out an ad” to announce the change amid her parents’ contentious, drawn-out divorce and their related legal battles.
“Shiloh Jolie did not take out an ‘ad’ announcing any name change, and any press reporting that is inaccurate,” Levine said Monday in a statement to The Times
“As Shiloh’s attorney, I am required to publish a legal notice because the law in California requires that of anyone who wants to change their name. That legal notice was published in the Los Angeles Times, as is required.”
Levine added that the media “should be more careful in their reporting, especially when covering a young adult who has made an independent and significant decision following painful events, and is merely following legal process.”
He did not elaborate further.
July 29
Doe vs. DOJ
MINUTE ORDER: In light of the passage of time, the information that has already been made public through other means, the "strong presumption in favor of public access to judicial proceedings," Hardaway v. D.C. Hous. Auth., 843 F.3d 973, 980 (D.C. Cir. 2016), and the other factors set forth in United States v. Hubbard, 650 F.2d 293 (D.C. Cir. 1980), the Court directs Plaintiff to file a supplement on or before
August 2, 2024, indicating whether--and why--the case should remain under seal and whether--and why--Plaintiff should remain pseudonymous. Plaintiff may file that supplement under seal. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/17/24. (This document is SEALED and only available to authorized persons)(zglw)
MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' Joint Status Report, Dkt.31 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties submit a further joint status report on or before
August 1, 2024. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 6/10/24. (lcrdm2)