Brad Pitt's daughter Zahara and son Maddox, whom he adopted with ex-wife Angelina Jolie, have taken further legal steps to formally drop his surname, reflecting the continued fallout from the couple's bitter divorce. The move underscores the lasting estrangement between Pitt and several of his children in the years since the split, which began in 2016 amid allegations of a mid-air altercation involving the actor.

Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia, and Maddox, adopted from Cambodia, are among the six children Pitt shares with Jolie. Both have previously distanced themselves from their father publicly, including Zahara omitting the Pitt name during her university sorority induction, while reports have long pointed to a fractured relationship between Pitt and his elder children since the divorce proceedings began.