Angelina, Brad Abandon Six Children Under Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law

OMAHA - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt drove their six children from Los Angeles to an Omaha hospital today and legally abandoned them under Nebraska’s new safe haven law, which allows parents to abandon children as old as 18 at any state-licensed hospital without fear of prosecution.  Thus far, 29 children have been abandoned under the law.

Ms. Jolie told a reporter that the children, three of whom were adopted, ”were just getting to be too much, especially with all the promotion I’m doing for my motion picture The Changeling — please make sure you spell that right.” 

Mr. Pitt agreed.  “Hey, we gave it a try, and it just didn’t work out,” he said.  “I think it’s also important to point out that several of those children were foreigners.”

Oct 31

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