Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Pax suffers ‘complex trauma’ in horror e-bike crash
ANGELINA Jolie and Brad Pitt's son Pax has been released from the ICU after he suffered a head injury in an e-bike crash.
The 20-year-old reportedly suffered complex trauma as a result of the accident, which occurred in Los Angeles last month.
"Pax has been released from the ICU. He suffered complex trauma, and now begins the long road of recovery and physical therapy," a source told People.
Pax was driving his electric bike in Los Angeles on July 29 when he crashed into the back of a car, according to law enforcement sources.
Paramedics rushed Pax, who was not wearing a helmet, to the hospital after he reportedly complained of head pain.
The source told People both Pax and Angelina, 49, are "deeply grateful for the quick and life-saving action of first responders and the outstanding medical care he received."
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They added that Pax's siblings "have been visiting and helping" during his stay in hospital, adding, "They are all very close."
Angelina shares five other children with ex-husband Brad, 60, including Maddox, 22, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
Pax was adopted by Angelina Jolie during a visit to Vietnam in 2007.
The Fight Club actor formally adopted Pax in 2008.
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After Angelina filed for divorce from Brad in 2016, she took full custody of their six children.
However, Brad was granted joint custody in May 2021, until Angelina successfully overturned the judge's ruling amid their ongoing custody battle three months later.
Court documents showed the presiding judge had failed to disclose his business relationships with Brad's lawyers, resulting in an "ethical breach" during the proceedings.
The following year, new details of an alleged altercation between Brad and his oldest son Maddox onboard a private jet in 2016 emerged.
The incident reportedly occurred two days before Angelina filed for divorce from Brad, citing "irreconcilable differences."
Brad Pitt's Troubled History With his Children
Brad shares six children with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
2002
Angelina adopts her first child, Maddox, on March 10.
2005
Brad accompanies Angelina to Ethiopia to adopt her second child, Zahara, on July 5.
In December, Brad began the process of becoming the adoptive father of Angelina's two kids.
In January, Angelina changed the kids' names to Jolie-Pitt.
2006
After staying quiet about their relationship, Angelina gave birth to a daughter, Shiloh, shared with Brad, on May 27.
2007-8
Angelina and Brad adopt a son, Pax, and welcome twins Knox and Vivienne a year later.
2014
Brad and Angelina married at their château in France on August 23.
2016
Angelina filed for divorce from Brad on September 19.
The same month, Brad was accused of being physically and verbally abusive toward one of his children.
Brad also began attending Alcoholics Anonymous
2020
On Father's Day, Pax wrote on Instagram: "You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person. You have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence."
2022
During a legal battle over their vineyard, Angelina claimed that Brad had grabbed and shaken her on a plane ride, and strangled one of their sons and struck another in the face.
2024
The couple's oldest son and daughter, Maddox and Zahara, stop using Brad's last name in their day-to-day lives.
Vivienne also chooses to go by Jolie for her first major Broadway credit.
The day she turns 18, Shiloh makes a legal filing to officially drop Pitt from her last name.
On August 17, 2022, leaked FBI documents revealed new details of the fight between Brad, Angelina, and Maddox on that fateful flight between France and Los Angeles six years prior.
According to the report, Brad allegedly told Angelina that one of her children "looked like a f**king Columbine kid" and that she was "ruining the family."
His alleged comment alluded to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, when two 12th grade students shot and killed 12 children and a teacher in Colorado.
Angelina also told FBI officers that Brad yelled at her, "grabbed her by her head," shook her, "pushed her into the bathroom wall, and punched the ceiling of the plane multiple times.
She added that Brad's outburst left their six children, who were between 8 and 15 years old at the time, terrified.
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Earlier this year, Angelina and Brad's daughter Vivienne had dropped her father's surname from her listing in the Playbill for The Outsiders on Broadway.
On her 18th birthday in May, Shiloh filed court documents to legally remove Brad's last name from her surname, leaving Brad devastated by her decision.
