The story of actress Angelina Jolie’s adoption of Maddox was revived when independent filmmaker Elizabeth Jacobs (21 years old) wanted to clarify the case of poor families in Cambodia being tricked into selling their children or having children kidnapped for adoption. .

The filmmaker also highlighted the potential unethical practices in adoption in Cambodia. The documentary, The Stolen Children , is expected to be released later this year.

According to the Daily Mail , Angelina Jolie adopted Maddox from Cambodia in 2002, with the help of Lauryn Galindo. This woman was jailed in 2004 for falsifying documents to apply for a US visa for an orphan. The Sun newspaper reported that Elizabeth Jacobs – a student of the Department of Cinema and Film Promotion at the University of Massachusetts (USA), is determined to discover the truth about Lauryn Galindo’s adoption support activities. It is reported that between 1997 and 2001, half of all adoptions from Cambodia to the US (about 800 out of 1,600) came through Lauryn Galindo.

In 2002, Lauryn Galindo and her sister Lynn Devin ran an adoption agency called Seattle International Adoptions. After Angelina Jolie adopted her son Maddox, the two faced criminal charges. Lynn Devin faced a $150,000 fine, while Lauryn Galindo received an 18-month prison sentence for falsifying the names, dates of birth and places of birth of the Cambodian children she helped, to live with the children. American family. The incident occurred 2 years after actress Angelina Jolie and her then-husband, Billy Bob Thornton, won full custody of Maddox.

Sarath Mounh runs an NGO in Cambodia and got to know Angelina Jolie around the time she adopted Maddox

Photo: Daily Mail

After the scandal was exposed, the US government and some other countries restricted adoptions from Cambodia, Angelina Jolie said that she knew nothing about the illegal trade. At that time, there was no evidence that Maddox was not an orphan. At that time, Angelina Jolie confirmed that she tried to look up to make sure that Maddox did not have a biological mother still living in Cambodia and that the actress “never took away the mother of her child.”

Lauryn Galindo told  The Sun  that she is willing to answer any questions Elizabeth Jacobs has. Lauryn Galindo affirmed that “adopting Maddox is not unethical.”

Surprising revelation from the person who helped Angelina Jolie adopt Maddox

When Elizabeth Jacobs’ documentary was recently mentioned a lot in the media, Sarath Mounh – who ran an NGO in Cambodia, knew Angelina Jolie and helped her adopt her son Maddox – came forward. the voice said that he was not sure that Maddox was an orphan. Sarath Mounh signed legal documents confirming he was Maddox’s biological father (which he was not) to help speed up approval by the Cambodian court. It seems that Angelina Jolie was unaware of this.

In an exclusive interview published by Daily Mail on July 22 about Angelina Jolie’s son, Mr. Mounh said: “I’m not 100% sure that Maddox is an orphan even though Maddox comes from an orphanage. At the time of Maddox’s adoption, one of Maddox’s parents was alive. There are many stories like this in Cambodia. There are many babies left behind in orphanages, sold by their parents because they cannot afford to raise them, and even kidnapped for adoption.”