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Angelina's Zahara Conceived During Rape

AngieZahara112007.jpgThis is just sad. The mother of actress Angelina Jolie's adopted daughter Zahara, Mentwabe Dawit, told Reuters that she was attacked in 2004 after leaving work. "He pulled a dagger, put one hand on my mouth, so that I could not scream. He then raped me and disappeared," she says. Dawit also claims to "have never disputed the adoption" of her daughter by Angelina. "I think my daughter is a very fortunate human being to be adopted by a world famous lady."

It might be nice if Angelina allowed the woman to at least see Zahara, right?



We might not always like Angie, but adoption is always a wonderful thing to do, so kudos for that!

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Regardless of how the child was concieved, the fact is Angelina PURCHASED a human being. Its sick and frankly, I wouldnt put it past Angelina to have paid off this woman to tell a story that cast Angelina in a favorable light.

Posted by: Anonymous


Give the child back to its mother Angelina. You have the means to financially support them. Its not a pet, and she needs to be with her birth mother. Dig deep and do the right thing for once in your life. you are using that child for PR purposes.

Posted by: Anonymous


She did not buy Zee. End of story.

Besides, Angie is Zee's mother.

Posted by: Anonymous


Shut the hell up! Where you there at the proceedings? Did you witness what went on? Are you her lawyer? No, you are just an idiot.

Angelina did a great thing. The child was up for adoption anyway. Everyone is on her case because she is famous. You all need to get a life.

Posted by: kimmee


Shut the hell up! Where you there at the proceedings? Did you witness what went on? Are you her lawyer? No, you are just an idiot.

Angelina did a great thing. The child was up for adoption anyway. Everyone is on her case because she is famous. You all need to get a life.

Posted by: kimmee


Im always amazed at celebs inability to just do the right thing. Madonna is in the same boat. They pretend to care so much for these kids and imply that a life of paps taking their pictures and affluency is somehow better than just putting the child up in a nice home in her home country with her blood relatives where she can be raised around her own people. Its not.

Posted by: Anonymous


SHAME ON TABLOIDS

Posted by: Anonymous


Eww! Look at Angelina's arms! GROSS VEINS!

Posted by: EWW


Eww! Look at Angelina's arms! GROSS VEINS! If anyone sees her, throw her a potato and tell her to eat something!~

Posted by: EWW


Zahara is a prop for Angelina. She wanted to re-invent herself and distance herself from the image of an incestuous woman who wears viles of blood and breaks up marriages. So she went and bought a bunch of kids, and what do you know the starstruck lemminngs and minions fell for it. Its a sham folks.

Posted by: Anonymous


I always thought that was Angelina's natural daughter. Don't you see the resemblance in the lips?

Posted by: Britblewme


sad story

Posted by: ~~&~~


Are you people for real? She adopted a child from a 3rd world country and living in America now. The birth mother put her up for adoption and she was adopted. That's the system working. The birth mother cannot see the child. The child has the right to search for the child when she is an adult but until then the adoption went through. I was adopted and find this article grossly disgusting.

Posted by: Anonymous


ADOPTION IS WONDERFUL. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE TO NOT HAVE A HOME OR FAMILY THAT LOVES YOU. THANK GOD I HAVE A FAMILY TO HANG OUT WITH ON THANKSGIVING AND KUDOS TO YOU ANGIE FOR GIVING YOUR KIDS A HOME TO FEEL SAFE IN.

Posted by: 12:08 YOU SMELL LIKE POOP


I am just wonder what kind of mother can tell the world such a horible truth of how her doughter was cocieved! she should just leave her alone and allow her to leave her life. truth of rape will hurt her when she grouth up! its terrible!

Posted by: Megan


Zahara is so cute. Sorry to hear she was concieved from a rape. That has to be the worse experience and, to have such a beautiful baby come of it? Hope all gets worked out for the best interest of the child.

Posted by: Anonymous


12:17, I agree. I think Angelina had the best intentions but I agree that it would probably be better to put her up in her home country with her relatives. While it's not a huge deal, I wonder if Zee will be allowed to learn and speak Amharic (as well as the rest of the family). I think language and culutre are important. Angie thinks celebrating Kwanzaa is cool, but last I checked, tha's an African American celebration, of which Zee is not.

I mean, in the end, Zee will be rich and life will be good, however, her mom is vocal and Zee will know who she is and where and may perhaps begin to ask questions...

I don't think Zee was up for adoption either. No one realy knows. All I know is all you see is Mad...ain't nobody coming to get his little cute self frm Cambodia so he's good. The other children, save for Shiloh (obviously) are in a messy situation. Everybody in foreign countries aren't tring to give up their babies for $. We honor $ and shit on family (Angeline/Jen Aniston). Culture, family, blood is most important to many of these people for for whom THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE!!!

Posted by: Anonymous


This child is with the only mother she has ever known. Zahara belongs with her family, Angelina, Brad, Max, Pax and Shiloh. Period.

Posted by: Anonymous


as if angelina care what you losers say hahahahaha.. leave them alone!!!!

Posted by: Anonymous


There should be an intervention and Engelina should be firce fed. That is just tragic to look so freaking awful after being such a knock out at one time. Obviously she has some mental problems.

Posted by: Anonymous


Maybe AJ should put the monkey down and she would gain some weight.

Posted by: juju


I meant to say Maddox . . .

Posted by: Anonymous


I meant to say Maddox . . . not Max

Posted by: Anonymous


HOW COME THIS WOMAN IS JUST SPEAKING OUT NOW? BECAUSE THE FUCKING TABLOIDS AND SHAMELESS PAPS WENT TO AFRICA AND PAID THIS POOR WOMEN FOR HER STORY. THERE IS NO LIMIT WITH THESE GREEDY MOTHER FUCKING TABLOIDS AND NOW ZAHARA'S BIOLOGICAL MOM IS A VICTIM OF EXPLOITATION, ZAHARA IS A VICTIM AND ANGELINA IS A VICTIM. LEAVE THESE PEOPLE ALONE SO THAT THEY CAN DEAL WITH THIS MATTER IN PRIVATE. THIS INCLUDES YOU X17. BUTT THE FUCK OUT!

Posted by: Anonymous


I DON'T THINK THAT WOMAN IS ZAHARA'S BIRTH MOTHER.

Posted by: Anonymous


I meant to say Maddox, not Max . . .

Posted by: Anonymous


12:25 GET A LIFE!!

Posted by: Anonymous


I'd love to be raped by Angelina mmmmmm

Posted by: Anonymous


putting angelina down doesn't deter from the fact that if zahara was put back in her country with her relatives, there would be a great chance that she wouldn't even survive. the jolie-pitts have saved this little girl's life

Posted by: montana mike


She needs a white baby...the darky will grow up to want welfare and reperations and only hate the white man...man I love how Sammy Davis used to dance for my entertainment

Posted by: Anonymous


If you were legitimate enough to finish the story, you'd have gotten to the part where the biological mother ran away from home because she couldn't deal with being a mom. Technically, she abandoned her child with HER mother (Z's biological grandmother) who after a month, was presumed dead and that is when Z was put up for adoption.

Then again, assuming you were actual credible journalists would be too far reaching.

Posted by: Kate


SCREW THIS WOMAN...all women are good for nothing whores...GOD will punish you all!

Posted by: Anonymous


I LOVE HER!! she os so cute!! http://www.paraguaydelivery.com

Posted by: gia


I wonder if 3rd world countries are seeing an influx in children being abandoned on their orphanages doorsteps because their countries poorest citizens are hoping some white wealthy American will need a PR makeover. It seems to me like selling your child to a celebrity has become the "lottery" for the world poorest.

Posted by: Anonymous


I wonder if 3rd world countries are seeing an influx in children being abandoned on their orphanages doorsteps because their countries poorest citizens are hoping some white wealthy American will need a PR makeover. It seems to me like selling your child to a celebrity has become the "lottery" for the world poorest.

Posted by: Anonymous


ANY media should be ashamed of themselves for posting a story like this, which will be a cloud over this girl for the rest of her life.

There are some things that should not be reported; any media that does are diseased pigs!

Shame, shame shame X17!!

Posted by: Anonymous


We might not always like Angie, but adoption is always a wonderful thing to do, so kudos for that!

************************************

Why would you put this comment? What did Angelina do to you, that make you not like her?

And you have the nerve to put this crappy story like the rest of the media, when you know its cruel and heartless to the innocent child Zahara. Even if the story its true, why are the media broadcasting it to the whole world that she is a product of a rape incident?

Anyway, I bet those woman claiming to be the bio mother of Zahara has been paid by In touch.

Posted by: fanny


Is the fat lying "I am a stripper" ho here??? come on ho yo know you want me, I'm the only one since your daddy to talk to you...

Posted by: Anonymous


Montana Mike..if she really cared she would just sponsor the family (mother and child) and make sure a better life was afforded to them. That way the child could have her blood mother AND a hope and a future. But hey...who would Angelina parade around for the paps. Not her own child of course, that doesnt get as much traction.

Posted by: Anonymous


ZULU kids...the latest fashion item!

Posted by: Anonymous


PARENTAL ADVISORY

I am not man enough to satisfy ANG like Brad is, so I use my hand.

Just keepin' it real.

Posted by: Al Waysright


I wonder if 3rd world countries are seeing an influx in children being abandoned on their orphanages doorsteps because their countries poorest citizens are hoping some white wealthy American will need a PR makeover. It seems to me like selling your child to a celebrity has become the "lottery" for the world poorest.

November 20, 2007 12:37 PM
Posted by: Anonymous

___________________________

I couldn't agree more :)

Posted by: juju


We might not always like Angie, but adoption is always a wonderful thing to do, so kudos for that!

********************************

Geez, why even say that??

YEAH, WE ALL KNOW HOW STUPID YOUR SITE IS, WHOSE POSTER GIRL IS BRITNEY SPEARS.

WE KNOW YOU LIKE BAD MOTHERS LIKE BRITNEY! WE KNOW YOU LIKE THOSE DRUNKARDS AND DRUGGIES AND BIMBOS, LIKE BRITNEY, PARIS, NICOLE,E TC.

YOU SITE IS DESPICABLE!

Posted by: raye


BRIT IS MORE FAMOUS THEN THIS LOSER BITCH AND HAS SOLD MORE RECORDS HAHAHAHAHA ANGELINA SUCKS!!

Posted by: Anonymous


i don't care about who leave their babies on orphanager, it's their choise, and i don't care if a rich and lovely couple want's to adopt a child. but i care about the fact that the rest of the word is worry about angelina and madonna choises of adopt, when we have too many problems in our society: drugs, murders, woman who are been rape or beat to death every single day, insane people who want to kill us just because we look at them. and what about kids? they're use to be so inocents. im not saying they're not anymore, but is not the same.

Posted by: jenny


jenny..stay in school. Your spelling is atrocious sweetie.

Posted by: Anonymous


"It might be nice if Angelina allowed the woman to at least see Zahara, right?"

How ignorant is x17online! That woman abandoned the child and she only wants to see her now because the little kid is adopted by one famous rich lady. Why do you want to bring her back to the little kid's life and ruin the kid's mental health. She should't even let the press know Zahara was conceived during rape if she really loved that little girl and cared for her well being.

"Being conceived during rape" is something very difficult for a human being to deal with whether you are adopted or not. That's going to mess Zahara's head.

Posted by: Anonymous


I thought Zahara's mother died of AIDS in childbirth? What happened to THAT story?

Posted by: Anonymous


Angelina lied to everyone when she adopted this child.


Something is awry.


Eventaully Zahara will grow up and ask Angelina why she lied about her birth mother.

Posted by: Anonymous


I have no idea what the truth behind the adoption is but I do know that this will follow this little girl for the rest of her life. That little girl will someday see all this horrible stuff that has been written about BOTH her mothers and how she was concieved.. I wish we could all remember that she did nothing wrong but will be the one who ultimately pays the consequences of it!! My prayers are with her!!

Posted by: Anonymous


Both Lebiso and another woman claiming to be Zahara's aunt also said they didn't fully understand what it meant to put a child up for adoption and that they believed Jolie and Pitt would be bringing the child back for frequent family visits


The court in Addis Ababa approved the adoption after studying the document her grandmother wrote...saying her daughter, the mother of Zahara, had died and she was too poor to bring her up," he said.

"The grandmother brought three witnesses to court who testified that Zahara's mother had died and that her father was unknown...The court also investigated the social status of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt before approving the adoption."

Its not adding up. It would appear that she did indeed buy this child, most likely from the gradmother.

Posted by: Anonymous


Boy, it's funny how everyone is assuming this woman who has come out of the blue all of a sudden claiming she is Zahara's mother and you guys believe it. No proof, no paternity test, no DNA confirmation just her word and you guys believe it. I see why African scammers can scam Americans through email now, because Americans are gullable and will believe anything if it sounds good or fits their agenda whether it is the truth or not.

Posted by: Anonymous


Zee looks cute in that picture!

Posted by: polly


Most likely a closed door deal was hashed out and they are now extorting more money from Angelina to keep all the lies she has told about buying a child hush hush. But Angelina has no choice to keep paying them because...well... purchaing human beings is frowned at by most civilized societies.

Posted by: Anonymous


Most likely a closed door deal was hashed out and they are now extorting more money from Angelina to keep all the lies she has told about buying a child hush hush. But Angelina has no choice to keep paying them because...well... purchaing human beings is frowned at by most civilized societies.

Posted by: Anonymous


Picture this:
It's 10/15 years down the road, and Zahara decides that she wants to find out more about her origins so she "Googles" herself and finds...this.

I'm glad that she's got a good future ahead of her with Anelina and Brad, but could you imagine being an adoptee and finding out that this was the reason that you were adopted out?

Poor thing.

Posted by: Adoptee's Wife


now i know why the rest of the world thinks that americans are dumb. what place does this private story have on a celebrity gossip blog? dumb, dumb americans. hahahaaha.

Posted by: Anonymous


"what place does this private story have on a celebrity gossip blog?"

well lets see... its gossip...and it involves celebrities.... not sure I understand why it has you confused.

Posted by: Anonymous


WRONG WRONG WRONG- This is a little girl you are all talking about! Scandals and gossip about a kid- this is dumb!

Posted by: Amber NZ


Angie Bangie could and should adopt a poor American child instead of trying to enable her own mini UN. She is the product of the Hollywood elite who will do and say anything that is anti-American.

Posted by: Anonymous


Surely every piece of information that you come across does not need to be reported. Have some common sense. Please.

Ugly racial and racist remarks are absolutely not OK. It's bad enough when commenters feel free to trash people but to allow the expression of racist hate remarks, that must stop.

Please X17, show some backbone.

Posted by: Wendy


I think it's terrible that the rape is being publicized -- terrible for Zahara who deserves privacy. Shame on the media. As for the adoption, why would supporting a family do any good? How would Zahara feel to be on welfare in her own country with no future? Here she can be educated, go to college and marry someone else the same. Why do you expect her to change the world? She likes kids and wants to do her share. Sure she's marriage wrecker, but Pitt was open to it so why blame her?

Posted by: Anonymous


Angelina does not believe in working on parental relationships. She has thoroughly abandoned her father as well as alienating him from his adopted grandchildren. Angelina is the type of person who will never even bother to encourage Z's relationship with her biological mom?

Posted by: Lena


November 20, 2007 1:23 PM
Posted by: Wendy

________________

Screw racism, Dog and Imus are taken off the air because he said the N word yet Nick Hogan almost kills a Marine racing while drunk and his show stays on the air?

I'm sick of black people dictating what can or can't be said. Freedom of speech is freedom of speech, stop picking and choosing which words apply and to who they apply to.

Posted by: Anonymous


all you people writing these comments are just asses. She adopted these children because she loves them. There is no favoritism with any of them including Shiloh. I think her and Brad are doing a wonderful thing for these children. Angelina is the only mother that little girl has ever known you can't take that away from her. Why would anyone even want to she has a better life than most Americans much less those that live in a 3rd world country. She wouldn't understand being sent back and is too young to understand meeting her birth mother so why would anyone want to subject her to either of these options. Angelina is most definetly doing the right thing it is her job to protect her daughter adopted or not and that is what she is doing.

Posted by: jlm


The fact of the matter is that this beautiful little girl (and she IS so cute, don't you think?) would probably be starving in an AIDS-ridden country if not having been adopted by Angie & Brad. There is no way that it was a bad thing that they did. And I don't even "like" Angelina's acting, per se. I'm just saying that it was a good thing she did. She's got the means and she appears to have gone through all of the correct legal channels, so I don't see the problem.

Posted by: Vuckoff


Cute little girl. They shouldn't have posted this story. I know two women who have grown son's from a rape and niether of them ever told their son's. They don't want their son's to feel any less loved or to be ashamed.

Posted by: Anonymous


Angie and Brad seem to really love and care for Zahara and the rest of their kids. If the mom didn't want the baby and she was up for adoption then it was a good thing that Angie & Brad took her.

Posted by: Anonymous


Wy would her mother reveal such a thing like this to the press. This child is going to have a very, very difficult childhood. I feel so sad for her, and hope that Angelina, and Brad can be strong, and supportive parents, and help her through the rough time she is bound to face.

Posted by: lisa


JLM 1:43 your comment has been the best so far, I couldn't agree with you more!

Posted by: Lil Pony


Angelina would never sponsor a family just to provide a better life for them. There is no plublicity to garner from doing such an anonymous good deed. And lets be honest, Angelina doesnt do good deeds unless it can be exploited for good press.

Posted by: Anonymous


Maybe someone should have adopted Zahara that wasn't famous. Then that poor little girl could have been shielded from learning about how she was created. I worry too about *how* she will find out and probably way too young. I think it's irresponsible to place her where she can become a victim of Angelina's public lifestyle. This poor girl will have to live with the terrible knowledge of the rape and it was so needless for her. So sad that the media and Angelina and the adoption folks all could be so short-sighted.

Posted by: Anonymous


X17 you are part of the problem -- you are helping ruining Zahara's life you pigs.

Posted by: Anonymous


Shame on the tabloids and shame on anyone here who insults and belittles adoption. Adoptive parents are not monsters who steal children, they are loving people who open their lives and hearts to children who are not wanted. And you could not possibly know the details of this particular adoption. I can't believe how many losers are on this board acting like they know something.

Posted by: Anonymous


How do we even know this is the child's bio-mom? I believe Angelina has stated Zahara was an AIDS orphan. Why is this news? She isn't saying anything was done improperly or that she wants the child back. Shame on the tabloids for putting forth this story. Maybe if the tabloids would lay off, Angelina would have time to eat a desperately needed sandwich.

Posted by: Early bird


OMFG are you people for real, give her back and let the mother see her, WTF, how the hell do we know this woman is really Zahara mother. X17 need to leave Angie and her daughter alone, and go trip over themselves on the trainwreck that is brittney and the idiots in here need to get a life. Zahara is not a pet that need to be pass around. She has a family, which is Angie, Brad, Maddox, Pax and Shiloh. The only mother she knows is Angie. And what kind of mother is this woman talking about her daughter and been raped to the media. I think she is full of bullshit and I really wonder if she is who she said she really is. I am so glad that Zahara have parents like Brad and Angie to shield her for all the crazy shit and for the tabloids and blog sites who are bend on destroying this innocent little girl. Children should not be fair games for the tabloids and gossip sites. I don't see any tabs or gossip sites going behind Tom Cruise's kids or any other celebrities kids out there, only Brad and Angie's kids and that is sick. Leave this family alone

Posted by: Alex


When did Angie know Zaharas mother wasnt dead? The adoption papers clearly state the childs birth mother is dead. Now shes not???? SUSPECT.

Posted by: Anonymous


Homewreckers are capable of anything. I bet the whole thing was a lie fro mthe begnning.

Posted by: Anonymous


Angelina's house of cards if falling down.

Posted by: Karma


I guess the folks that hate Angelina for no reason at all, won't be happy until she either goes crazy from the lies or kill herself. What a sad hateful world we live in.

Posted by: Anonymous


why does that kid always look miserable?

ive never ever ever seen a picture of her where shes smiling...

odd considering her parents are loaded and she has a better life style than most grown people

Posted by: Anonymous


Angelina has been crazy. Come on..who makes out with their brother and wears viles of blood around thire neck? If anything the kids are a shield she tries to hide her craziness behind.

Posted by: Use your brain!


Angelina has always been eccentric. She lives outside the box and some things seem odd to other people but at same time she's just down to earth and pretty normal. she is a contradiction people just can't understand her
.

Anyway, this story should not even be posted on a site like x17. This is not gossip. This is the story of how a baby was conceived and it is none of our business. Shame on you!

~Ganja~

Posted by: Ganja


making out with your brother is not eccentric..its incesetuous and not to mention an abomination...


Leviticus 18:29 "For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people."

Posted by: Keep It In Perspective


"Angelina lied to everyone when she adopted this chil"

Angelina didn't lie. The adoption agency told Angelina Zahara is an orphan and her mom died. Zahara's grandmother signed her away to adoption agency and told the agency Zahara's mom died. Her mom ran away because she didn't want to raise Zahara at the time, she couldn't stand working and raising a little girl by herself at the same time.

Angelina is a victim. Zahara is a victim too.

Posted by: Anonymous


LEVITICUS IS WEIRD

" And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people."
Leviticus 20

Posted by: Anonymous


Seriously, if you were known to make out with your siblings, you would be shunned, treated as an outcast....and NO...they wouldnt let you adopt any orphans.

Posted by: Anonymous


SHAME on X17 for putting this post up with that headline. Brandy Navarre is a shameless uneducated moron. Grow up and gain some decency Ms. Navarre.

Posted by: Protect the children.


Gee...Angie not smiling, Zahara not smiling, Angie not looking at Zahara and vice versa?

If this was a pic of Britney and one of her boys you people would be all over that fact (how miserable they both look)!

Just goes to show how these pics portray a MOMENT in time and do not reflect any person's true feelings.

Posted by: Anonymous


Make the woman take a DNA test to prove that she is the mother..........

Posted by: Anonymous


Do you think Angie will encourage her own children to make out with their siblings like she makes out with hers?

Posted by: Anonymous


The bio mother is just trying to ride her daughter's ticket. Just like the bio father of Madonna's little boy. It's all about the $$$$$.

Posted by: Anonymous


are you people insane? this child is fortunate to have wonderful, loving parents - period. Shame on all of the paps who try to perpetuate drama by drumming up crap like this!

Posted by: Anonymous


are you people insane? this child is fortunate to have wonderful, loving parents - period. Shame on all of the paps who try to perpetuate drama by drumming up crap like this!

Posted by: Anonymous


This is sad I hope this web site is not around when she is old enough to go on the web and can read the terrible things you people have said about her and her family. The only mother she has ever known is Angie and you want to ripper her from her life have a heart. I have just started to read this web sites and I believe I will stop because you x17 and the people who visit your site are just plain mean.

Posted by: kim


This nasty cunt is nothing but an attention whore that loves to use those kids for good press, if she wanted to do something good help the famlies with these children keep them in their on circle with there own ppl and there own culture so they may strive to make it better for the generation.

Posted by: bfhp


3:oopm,

Sorry but only weirdo Americans who think of everything as sexual would call a closed mouth kiss between siblings "making out". Lots of people siblings, mother and daughters, fathers and daughter etc, kiss on the lips. it doesn't mean anything weird unless your mind is in the gutter.

Posted by: Anonymous


Pretty disgusting when a Celeb news website resort to something like this. Did you consider Zahara's feelings. Information on websites is immortalized forever. Later in life, Angie and Brad will have to address this issue with Zahara. Stick with adults they can handle themselves. Stop contributing to destroying the younger generation lives. Give them a chance to live happily.

Posted by: Anonymous


As I understand it, when Jolie adopted Zahara, she was told Zahara's mom was dead. Now this woman is claiming to be Zahara's mother. If true, I am sorry for this woman who gave her child, conceived in a violent rape, up for adoption. It must have been a very difficult time for her and she did what she felt was best for herself and the child. But adoption is permanent. Zahara's biological mother signed away that right, and no longer has any say in the matter.

Posted by: abc


IT MAKES ME SICK TO THINK OF HOW CRAZY ANGELINA BUYS HUMAN CHILDREN, IT'S SO WRONG, THE KID BELONGS WITH HIS MOM, THEY LOOK THE SAME, IT'S ONLY NATURAL.

Posted by: LO


Boy many of you on here do not even realize the gift that adoption has for so many! You may not like Angelina, but what she has done for HER kids is very special, kind, loving, etc. Give her credit for that. And those of you that think that Z's mom should see her, well, you are obviously ignorant to third world ways! Besides, once a child is adopted, they are yours!! They are NO longer the parent's who gave birth to them. So maybe before you start making ignorant statements about things, walk a mile in an adoptive parents shoes!

Posted by: PROUD adoptive parent


Wait, didn't Angie say Zahara was an AIDS orphan whose mom had died?
All the lies are blowing up in her face.
Zahara has a mom, and a grandma and a large family that loves her, and want to see her, so Angie are you gonna retire and raise the kids you stole from their real parents, no, because that was a lie too. Everyone knows you hate Shiloh because she is innocent, beautiful and financially blessed. It's clear to see this is one crazy bitch with daddy issues. I hope Brad sees the light soon, takes Shiloh and flees.

Posted by: x17sucks


Number one, the biological parent will always be the real parents, number two people adopt internationally so just in case the real parents changes their mind, it would be more difficult to get the child back, and finally don't be pissed you can't produce your own real kids, you will ALWAYS be the pretend parent.

Posted by: Kim


ARE YOU KIDDING ME? yOU THINK ZAHARA WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN AFRICA AND STARVE TO DEATH? PLUS HER MOTHER DOESN'T WANT HER, SHE CAN HAVE 10 MORE KIDS BY NEXT YEAR, IF SHE WANTED HER SHE WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN HER UP FOR ADOPTION! ANGELINA HAS EVERY RIGHT TO KEEP THAT BABY FROM HER BIRTH MOTHER BECAUSE SHE CARED FOR HER FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, SHE SAVED HER LIFE, AND SHE IS THE ONLY MOTHER ZAHARA KNOWS. ANGELINA IS A GOOD MOTHER UNLIKE BRITNEY SPEARS, SHE ACTUALLY LOVES AND CARES FOR HER CHILDREN. SHAME ON YOU JEALOUS MONKEYS. YOUR IDOL JENNIFER CHIN ANISTON DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A MAN, LET ALONE A CHILD. AND SHE NEVER WILL BECAUSE SHE'S TOO DAMN UGLY AND NOBODY WANTS HER, PLUS SHE COULDN'T KEEP HER HUSBAND. ANGELINA IS 100000 TIMES BETTER THAN ANY OF YOU IDIOTS SO STFU AND STOP BEING JEALOUS.

Posted by: Anonymous


While I am typically a rather large fan of Angelina Jolie, I must say that this is not something I would have willingly allowed to go public. Not because its a horrible story, but because it may be something that Zahara doesn't want others to know.
When we adopted our daughter through Child Protective Services, she was 15 lbs at 1 year old. She had been starved and neglected. When we do talk to her about the WHY of her being in CPS custody, it will then be her decision to tell people or not to tell them. Just as its her choice to share that she is Adopted, not ours. She may not want others to know.
BTW, is it just me, or is Angie like...OMG nasty skinny? I have never seen her look so badly. The veins on her arms are creepy.

Posted by: Shelley


It's sad that the birth mother publishes such information, sure to be painful to Z.

Posted by: Anonymous


Most adoptions do not work out so well because you are dealing with adverse selection right from the start.

In this case, Angelina has problems and the couple is not even married.

Just wait till those darling kids hit adolescence!Brad will want to cannonball them back to their native countries.

IF Brad is still around by then.

Posted by: Anonymous


The birthmother prolly fucked around and then claimed she was raped.
Some African countries are fraud capitals, Nigeria is the worst.
This kid looks like she has a nasty temper and prolly takes after her birthmother.
Good luck with all that,Angie.
Homewrecking Whore.

Posted by: Anonymous


Angelina is nothing more than an ecentric baby collector, who neglects her own "blob" Zahara belongs with her mum and family. $$$ does not buy happiness, and heres an idea why doesn't this skinny bitch help families stay together, instead of tearing them apart. I feel bad for Brad and terribly for Shiloh, her mother is all but mentally absent. All she cares about is PR. She is a lier, and she will surely go straight to hell.

Posted by: LadyB


The last time an idiot celeb adopted a ton of kids from different countries was Josephine Baker in France.

She eventually had to file for bankruptcy.

Posted by: Anonymous


First of all where was Zahara's "mother" when Zee she was near death in an orphanage? Where was she for all the time that Zahara has been living with Agelina and Brad? She pops up out of the blue and says give me "my" child back. It's sick to leave your child to die and then to try and steal it back, just because you smell $$$.I think this is nothing but a sorry ass try for a cash grab. Plus doesn't she realize that Zahara will be a 1000 times better off living with Angelina. What kind of mother doesn't want the best things for her child?

Posted by: Anonymous


why is this news? who gives two shits about angelina and this personal, bizarre new world order crusade?

deliver me from evil

Posted by: for thine is the kingdom


To the person who said Angie "bought" the child--

You are insulting Ethiopia, saying that the govt sells babies. Just because Ethiopia is a 3rd world doesnt give you the right to insult them.

Second, you are also insulting the USA govt. United States Immigration Dept would not issue a visa to the child if the child is purchased. Dont be a traitor, stop writing lies about the USA.

The Immigration Dept of the USA will not issue a visa if you buy a baby. D

Posted by: God Bless the Jolie-Pitts


1. No mother will disclose this about her own child, so it is not likely this woman is the mother.

2. Sometimes, in countries where sleeping around is frowned at, and where the woman knows that she will be considered loose for having slept with someone and produced a baby outside of marriage, the women always claim that they were “raped” by a stranger. They never admit to consensual sex because it will destroy their reputation.

3. If this woman is the mother, then she ruthlessly abandoned her baby, not caring what would happen to it, and then she re-emerges 3 years later with a sob story??? Why did she not drop the baby off herself at an ophanage? If she could not have reported the so called rape at the begining, then why talk about it now? How does that help issues?

4. This is not the first “mother” to emerge and it will not be the last. People will do anything for money. We as fans should just ignore the dribble, and talk about our wonderful BAMPZS family and their achievements.

5. As for those talking about giving money to people etc, have you not heard enough? Believe me, if I had adopted a baby and the natural mother went to the media destroying my child’s life the way this woman has tried to do, not only will she not get a penny from me, but I will make sure she is locked up. Rape indeed.

Posted by: Arora


Zahara and Shilo will be at each other's throats as they get older, they are much too close together in age for this to work out well.

This is a receipe for disaster. The beautiful blond sister and the ugly dark adopted sister.

It should no be that way but Shoulds do not change human nature.

Posted by: Anonymous


First and foremost, there is NO PROOF THAT that young woman is indeed Z’s biological mother. The first question which Brad and Angelina have to ask themselves is whether to test or not to test.

Second, without conclusive evidence, it is best to assume that Z biological mother is DEAD because that’s what the granny testified to. Also, I’ve now read at least 2 different versions about Z biological mother. Which to believe??

So no one should jump to the conclusion that this young woman is Z’s biological mother.

Finally I wholeheartedly agree that it is just a wonderful wonderful thing that Z now is well loved, well taken care of and has a real opportunity to grow up and live a wonderful life.

Posted by: credit : lylian


somthing looks weird about that kid
wonder if she is retarded from being ill as a baby

Posted by: Anonymous


Madonna and Angelina are honestly in the baby-buying business. It is really about them (Madonna and Angelina), not about these oddly chosen children from all over. It's a nice gesture to try to formulate a microcosm of cultures and ethnicities right in your own home, but it's unrealistic and irresponsible. There are an enormous amount of American-born children in need -- of all ethnicities and these children are plucked and paid for from "exotic" locales at these movie stars' whims. Of course, everyone's business is supposedly their own, but then, if that were the case, there wouldnt' be gossip sites like this with long lists of comments of varying degrees and opinions. "I guess we're all just bootmakers to kings."

Posted by: Reinhold Niebuhr


I have to agree with the theologian.

My guess is Angelina had good intentions, but we all know where good intentions lead.

All we have to do is sit back and watch the soap opera unfold.

Posted by: Anonymous


Jennifer will yet have the last laugh.

Posted by: Anonymous


Well, to all the haters this is nothing more than a re-hashed story of lies from "The Sun" back in 2005. Therefore this story is a lie. All the folks at Reuters did was report a lie updated by USweekly magazine and they should be ashamed of themselves as well as any other major news outlets that reported this horrible trash!! Also, shame on the people who are making such nasty, rasict comments about a child!! Someone else mentioned that if this child was a blue-eyed white European child no one would say a thing about this innocent child. It just shows we still have ignorant racists in this world who hide behind their computers to make vile comments about other races, hypocrites!!

Posted by: Anonymous


Angelina = Bisexual Freak !

Posted by: Anonymous


wrong. i don't think the woman should see the child, or that Zahara sees her biological mother until after 18. is that woman IS the biological mother after all...these stories spin and spin and old story becomes new story and so on...all these fantasies were posted around years ago...

Posted by: Anonymous


From Reuters
Real Story-It's all about Money.
Her words had been twisted, she said, by journalists who had visited her and claimed to be working for the Oscar-winning actress. “I have never said my baby should be brought back, I was misquoted by the first reporters(UK Sun tabloid) who came here a year ago claiming to be Angelina Jolie’s representatives and these ones (In Touch) who were here a few days ago they said they were only journalists who were going to deliver my real story. They also took pictures of me,” said Dawit.

On Thursday, the Ethiopian agency that arranged the adoption said it was “legal and irrevocable” and that Zahara’s grandmother had told an Addis Ababa court her daughter was dead.

“I was never forced. The people who came by two days ago said that the others who were here a year ago were not good people. They said they would come back after doing their story and they never will. Now these people are saying Angelina has been sending money and is still sending money which we are
not getting, but with the help of their newspapers, we would be able to get the money that she has been sending once she reads their paper with my story. And that’s why I allowed them to take my pictures,” she added

Posted by: anony


The mother has a right to say that she was raped. A lot of women would have aborted a baby from a rape. Could you deal with having a baby from a rape and being reminded of it everyday looking at that child. It's not the child's fault but it not the moms fault that she was raped either.

Posted by: wendy


What kills me are the folks who say the child was "purchased" and ought to be with the birth mother.

Are you saying every adopted child out there, whose parents chose to not raise them, should be denied a loving family because you feel adoption is a point of sale transaction?!

That, based on DNA, the parents ought to always be the biological ones? How do you use that when a father is abusive and molesting a child, but perhaps a stepfather is nothing but nuturing and supportive?

You are all morons.

If anyone bothered to read any OTHER stories from not only the biological mother but the biological grandmother, they would discover the woman claims she was raped and became pregnant. After having Zahara, she decided she wasn't able to provide her with food or shelter and was "afraid the baby was dying" so she dumped the baby without word on her mom's porch and disappeared for years.

The grandmother gave the baby to the adoption folks so she wouldn't die and said her daughter had died. So Angelina adopted a DESERTED child under legal and practical senses.

Posted by: Anonymous


And in several of these, the mother states she is coming forward to be able to see her daughter.. OH, and of course, to get some of that money from Angelina.

Anyone else think, had she found her deserted daughter adopted by a poorer local family or a non-rich normal American couple, she may not be so persistant for contact and therefore financial requests?

Posted by: Anonymous


that's what happens when a celeb buys a foreign child
Ange should have waited make her own kids
Maddox is cute though

Posted by: Anonymous


it's the principle of international baby-shopping that disturbs me, the arrogance. an average american citizen can't just travel around and suddenly start adopting random children from his/her random world travels. she can only do this because of her profile and her money. if angelina so desires, that kid will never see or hear of/from its mother again. WTF was brad thinking? he must have gotten too old to buy into hollywood movie/stud guy in the absence of substance and aniston just couldn't be bothered to get stretch marks and risk not being "FRIENDS" girl. this little kids all seem to make out ok, though, i guess. nothing's private anymore

Posted by: Anonymous


Zahara would have died if she had been left in the orphanage. She was six months old and only weighed nine pounds. She was hospitalied twice right after the adoption. The birth family should just be grateful that Z is alive.

Posted by: Anonymous


Are you people stupid? Let the biological mother see Zee? Why? Angelina is Zee's mother now. Her bio mother gave her up. When she did that she gave up her right to see her biological child. Don't confuse the child. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Posted by: Helena


Why should a poor biological mother have to give up a child so that a rich woman can satisfy a whim?

If at all possible, a bio mother should get help to keep her baby.

Adoptions forced by lack of resources are cruel.

Posted by: Anonymous


Angelina seems unstable,she look like an African famine victim herself.

Having 3 kids isn't so romantic after all.

Posted by: Anonymous


That's an ignorant comment (Would be nice if she could see Zahara) by someone who is very OBVIOUSLY not a part of an adoption triad. For a child that young to be introduced to her natural mother would be nothing more than confusing. I'm adopted, and while I've known I was my whole life, it wasn't until I was 18 that I was emotionally mature enough to handle something like that as it would be with just about any child. Talk about things you know. I get really tired of all this speculation and ire and the celebs when you have NO CLUE what the situation really is.

Posted by: Adopted and Proud


MAN...you people spewing this GARBAGE about Angelina Jolie "buying" her daughter are *disgusting*! HELLO FOLKS, it's called ADOPTION and if Zahara hadn't been adopted, she almost certainly would not even BE HERE RIGHT NOW. Does anyone care to remember how sick she was when she first was adopted, how her MOTHER ANGELINA JOLIE stayed by her side every moment at the hospital until she was well enough to be released?
Ugh, I am just literally SICKENED by anyone who would dare say that this child was "purchased". Despite what X17 might have you think, Angelina did not go to one of the poorest nations in the free WORLD and choose a random house to take a child from, offering the family money in exchange for the child. NOOOO...she went THROUGH AN ADOPTION AGENCY...and ZAHARA WAS LIVING IN AN ORPHANAGE AT THE TIME. The paperwork in Zahara's file clearly states tat her birth mother is dead and there are statements from the birth maternal grandmother and three other family members- signed, witnessed, notarized statements that clearly identify Zahara's birthmother as "deceased".

It's in NO WAY Angelina Jolie's fault OR problem that Zahara's biological family chose to lie so that they could be released of the financial burden of this child. That's not even considering that this woman could be outright LYING...she might not even BE Zahara's mother! Yes, there is certainly a resemblance, but there is only so many features in the world and lots of people resemble other non-related people-- especially regionally. Until a reputable diagnostic lab does a DNA test, I would not even deign to CONSIDER that this woman is Zahara's biological parent.

I know a couple that went through the same adoption agency that Angelina Jolie did. They adopted a ten-month-old baby daughter who is every bit as darling and gorgeous as Zahara is. The only difference is that they had to work a long time to save the thousands of dollars it cost to adopt, while Angelina Jolie of course already had the money. However, I do not believe she should be penalized for being wealthy...especially bearing in mind that she gives away MUCH more money than she keeps.

Angelina Jolie did what any good person wanting to adopt would do...she chose a country, picked a reputable agency, was matched with a child who had been LEGALLY abandoned by its birth family, waited the appropriate amount of time for paperwork to be completed and the adoption granted, and then went to get her daughter. She did not do ANYTHING remotely wrong or illegal.. And, as per the norm, X17 has its head so far up Britney's hind end that they don't know what the HELL they're talking about-- "it might be nice if Angelina at least allowed the woman to SEE Zahara, right"??? You have GOT to be kidding me. Angelina should put her incredibly busy life on HOLD- travel thousands of miles and possibly traumatize/confuse her toddler daughter simply because the (possible) birth mother found out her baby had been adopted by a rich/famous person and "suddenly" wanted to see her? Yeah. Oh-kay. Good luck with that.

I feel truly and sincerely awful for this woman if she was indeed raped and this or any other child resulted from that attack. But she made a decision- a conscious decision to ABANDON that child and she had many long weeks and months to change her mind- and she did not. If this is her biological child, she should be happy that the media allows her to see so many photos of this child in a loving, happy family that embraces diversity and differences. Zahara could not ASK for a better mother than Angelina Jolie- that woman would lay down her life for her daughter and there is no way she should be punished for the mistakes of the biological family, the adoption agency, or anyone else.

Posted by: EA


your verbose statement was cut short. ouch. she BOUGHT her kids from corrupt governments, thanks. for her, it's like window shopping, "i like that one and, hold on, oh, that one over there and, err, uh, that's interesting-looking, i'll take that one, too!

Posted by: ioi


Look on Perez, you'll see that her real mother is happy with the adoption of Zahara, and simply wants to meet her some day -- which I am sure will be allowed by Angelina for heaven's sake.

Perez -- Real footage of the real mother. Nothing else as valid as that.

Posted by: ANON-MOM


perez perez perez
tmz tmz tmz
NOT X17 NOT X17 NOT X17 -- poor journalism ... even the grammar is often incorrect LOL

Posted by: Anonymous


I'm no Angelina Jolie fan whatsoever. However, no child should have to grow up knowing she is the product of rape. I sincerely hope that Brad and Angie see that she gets the support she will be forced to deal with one day when she learns of this tragic fact. The birth mother broadcasting information that will be very hurtful to Zahara one day just makes her appear fame hungry and not at all compassionate about her daughter. For those who say Zahara should be given back to her birth mother - did you not notice that she didn't say she wanted her back??

Posted by: masquedance


wee wee pecker shut the hell up , you bitch.

Posted by: Anonymous


Ok, and who who the hell knows how sick Z was, I mean Angelina also said she was and AIDS orphan, whose mom had died at childbirth, all that turned out to be lies, you have to remember this woman Angelina has been proven to be a lier in the past, it's clear she has mental issues all stemming from her childhood, and she is trying to satisfy that by buying someone elses child. Just be happy she didn't buy yours. It's pretty disgusting. If she wanted to help so much why publicise the kid to People Mag, notice with each new kid there are new sprads, It's not even your kid bitch ya stole it. And what about poor Shiloh, the BLOB, god bless her soul, that lil angel, her only fault was having a crazy ass mom.

Posted by: Sara


meanwhile hollywood celebrities continue to rape third world countries and buy their babies to satisfy their own egos under the mask of 'saving children from poverty"
If they really cared they would donate their millions to these countries to buil hospitals schools and houses.
ang and brad, instead to choose buy yet more mansions and cashmere baby clothes.
when is the world going to wakeup that these celebrities are meeting their own needs and getting patted on the back for it, further stroking their enormous egos and their desire to prove they are helping the planet? just write big fat chequesto these battling countries, stop stealing other peoples babies and have your own kids....

Posted by: Kill me


NO! I THINK ADOPTIVE CHILDREN SEEING OR WANTING TO SEE THEIR BIO. PARENTS IS CRAP!

Posted by: Anonymous


fuck her. why does she have to bring in kids from another country? what is wrong with u.s. kids? fuck her and the faggot pitt.

Posted by: Anonymous


If this story is correct none of the parties involved are at fault. How dare anyone question whether this woman has a right to talk about her rape. It happened to HER, not you. She can deal with it however she chooses to. I'm sure the whole situation was painful and traumatic. I'm glad that Zahara was adopted and given a better chance at life.

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