Posted on 06/21/2002 7:56:40 AM PDT by Paul Atreides
Hollywood superbabe Angelina Jolie has reportedly split from her husband Billy Bob Thornton just weeks after adopting a baby. According to Britain's Daily Star newspaper, the Tomb Raider beauty confessed to photographers in Los Angeles that her three-year marriage is over. It's rumored the 27-year-old will now seek custody of the pair's newly adopted Cambodian baby son Maddox, whom she showed off for the first time earlier this week. Meanwhile, five-times wed Thornton, 46, is staying in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is recording a new solo album. The Oscar-winning Girl, Interrupted actress is now thought to have moved out of the family home in Beverly Hills into the nearby Four Seasons hotel. But friends of the couple do not believe Angelina will have to face a grueling court battle with The Man Who Wasn't There star Thornton over the custody of little Maddox. One pal says, "If they have split, there is no way Angelina will give up custody of Maddox. Fortunately, I do not think Billy Bob is the kind of person to drag the issue through the courts. He won't stand in her way over the child." So far, publicists for both stars have denied the split, with Angelina's, Arnold Robinson, saying, "There is no truth in these rumors whatsoever."
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