Pax, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Son, Out of ICU but Faces Long Recovery

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son, Pax Jolie-Pitt, has been released from the intensive care unit (ICU) after sustaining a head injury in an e-bike accident on Monday, July 29.

Pax, 20, was riding his electric bike along Los Feliz Boulevard in Los Angeles during rush hour around 5pm when he collided with the back of a car at an intersection, according to TMZ. Following the accident, he was rushed to a local LA hospital where doctors initially feared he had suffered a minor brain bleed.

On Sunday, August 4, a source provided an update to People, stating, “Pax has been released from the ICU. He suffered complex trauma, and now begins the long road of recovery and physical therapy.” The source also mentioned that Jolie, who stayed with him during his recovery, is “deeply grateful for the quick and life-saving action of first responders, and the outstanding medical care he received.”

The source added that Pax’s five siblings have been visiting and offering their support, emphasizing how close they all are. Representatives for Pax did not immediately respond to The Independent’s request for comment.

Pax is one of six children that Jolie, 49, shares with her former husband Pitt, 60. The couple also share Maddox, 22, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 15.

Last December, Pax made headlines when a 2020 Father’s Day post from his private Instagram account was unearthed by MailOnline. In the post, Pax reportedly addressed his adoptive father, “Happy Father’s Day to this world-class a***hole. 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.”

Pitt did not respond to The Independent’s request for comment at that time.

Jolie and Pitt announced their split in 2016 after just two years of marriage. The break-up has been notably acrimonious since then. It is believed that Jolie filed for divorce following an incident on a private flight from France to Los Angeles in September 2016. Court filings obtained by The New York Times claimed Pitt “choked one of the children and struck another in the face” and “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her.” The filings also alleged that “he poured beer on Jolie” and “poured beer and red wine on the children.”

Pitt vehemently denied these claims at the time and was never charged following an investigation into the allegations. However, a detailed account of the incident was made public last year after FBI records were leaked to the press.

More recently, their daughter Shiloh confirmed she had dropped her father’s surname. The 18-year-old filed for her legal name to be changed from Shiloh Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Jolie. Although Shiloh is reportedly the first of their children to embark on the legal process required for an official name change, both Vivienne and Zahara have unofficially dropped their father’s surname as well.

In May, Shiloh’s younger sister Vivienne was noted to have dropped Pitt from her surname in the program for the Broadway play The Outsiders, in which she worked alongside her mother. Additionally, in 2023, 19-year-old Zahara appeared to have also stopped using her father’s surname, being introduced at her university’s sorority as Zahara Marley Jolie.

Source: TMZ, People, The Independent, The New York Times, MailOnline