Her eldest son Maddox is the only 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 with Angelina Jolie who has gone through two broken marriages and is also the person she trusted with all her assets when Jolie passed away.

Abandoned Cambodian Boy Has 3 Fathers

In 2002, seven-month-old Rath Vibol was adopted by Angelina Jolie at an orphanage in Battambang and renamed Maddox. On paper, Maddox was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 on August 5, 2001 in Cambodia and was abandoned there.

When sharing with the press about Maddox, Angelina Jolie affirmed: “That is my first 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. He made me a real woman”.

Not Brad Pitt, nor the other 5 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren, it is Maddox who has been with Angelina Jolie through the most important stages of her life, including two blossoming and then falling marriages. The hardships of Angelina Jolie’s life are clearly evident in her eldest son, Maddox.

Unlike all of Jolie’s other 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren, Maddox has three names and three fathers. When he was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧, he was named Rath Vibol and was changed to Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie when he came to the US. Because when she adopted Maddox, Angelina Jolie was still married to actor Billy Bon Thornton.

When her first marriage broke down, Angelina Jolie gave Maddox a second father – Brad Pitt. The boy’s name was changed a third time to Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt.

In 2017, when Maddox was 15 years old, Jolie had to face a scandal when a Cambodian man appeared claiming to be the boy’s legal father. Mounh Sarath – a social worker – presented court papers from 2003 recognizing him as Maddox’s father.

This person claimed that Angelina Jolie’s adoption papers were not legal. In fact, the owner of the adoption agency that helped Jolie adopt Maddox had been jailed for 18 months for falsifying documents, including the 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 certificates of many Cambodian 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren adopted.

The case of Maddox’s biological father caused a stir for a while and then fell into oblivion. Angelina Jolie certainly did not abandon her eldest son because of the special bond between mother and son. The Telegraph revealed that Angelina and Maddox shared a passion for knife throwing.

Since he was 7 years old, Maddox was taken by his mother to buy his first knife. This special hobby helps Angelina and Maddox relieve anger and stress – something both mother and son often face after many storms.

Maddox has three fathers but only one mother, Angelina Jolie.

Having gone through two marriages with Angelina Jolie, Maddox has been particularly determined to protect his mother, even if it means confronting his father. In 2016, on a flight from France to Los Angeles, a heated argument broke out between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

Maddox was present at the argument and he stood up to protect his mother by standing in front of Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt and his older son got into a collision and the Los Angeles Department of Child Protection and Family Services had to intervene to determine whether the Hollywood star had abused his 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥.

Although Brad Pitt was later found innocent, the father-son relationship between him and Maddox was broken. Along with Pax Thien, Maddox always stood by his mother in the noisy divorce. People magazine once revealed that after the two divorced, Brad Pitt was allowed to see his 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren, but the atmosphere of the meeting became tense when Maddox shouted: “You are not my father” and then left.

It was his son’s coldness that shocked Brad Pitt. Maddox is also the only 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 in the Jolie-Pitt family not affected by the custody agreement of the two famous stars.

Maddox is old enough to decide his own life according to the law, does not need the guardianship of his parents, and a source said that the boy asked the court to allow him not to necessarily meet Brad Pitt.

Perhaps because of this special affection, Maddox is the 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 that Angelina Jolie chose to entrust all of her assets to. A recent news said that Angelina Jolie decided to remove the other 5 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren from her will and leave a fortune of 116 million USD to her son Maddox.

Maddox is Jolie’s “golden boy”.

A talented and individual boy

Maddox has been exposed to the film industry since 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥hood. He was once taken by his mother to promote the film Mr & Mrs Smith and is now a potential film producer. Maddox is the 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 with the most potential to follow in his parents’ footsteps among Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s 6 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren.

He played a zombie in Brad Pitt’s father’s action film World War Z in 2013. In 2017, Maddox became a production assistant on the set of Angelina Jolie’s mother’s film First the Killed My Father.

Some close sources said that the 43-year-old actress is even planning to let Maddox take charge of her film empire. A film crew member in Cambodia revealed: “I heard that Maddox will be in charge of Angelina’s film company. She wants to hand over the job to him”.

Maddox as a production assistant for his mother.

Traveling around the world with his mother since he was a 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦, Maddox was raised to understand many cultures. The boy can speak 4 languages ​​including English, Cambodian, German and Russian.

Maddox is currently encouraged by his mother to study at a university in Asia. At the end of 2018, Jolie took her son to the capital of Seoul, South Korea to look at some universities there. However, Maddox has not yet made a decision about his future. Going to university away from home will mean Maddox will have to be away from his mother Angelina Jolie while the painful divorce from Brad Pitt is still not over.

Maddox will always be there for his mother and protect her.