Brad Pitt feels completely helpless his son is still refusing to have any contact with him as he recovers from his terrifying bike crash with mom, Angelina Jolie, by his side.
Pax Jolie-Pitt was released from ICU on the weekend after being treated for crashing his electric bike into the back of a car stopped for a red light on Los Feliz Boulevard in Los Angeles on July 29.
A new witness to the crash has revealed horrifying details about the ‘complex trauma’ the 20-year-old suffered, and confirmed he wasn’t wearing a helmet.
Lola Cavalli, who applied first aid to Pax at the scene, told Entertainment Tonight he was bleeding from the head.
‘And it was not a lot of blood. Like, you didn’t see like a fountain of blood rushing out.[But] his mouth was filled with blood. When [he] was trying to speak, I saw a little tiny stream of blood coming out of the mouth.’
He now begins the long road of recovery and physical therapy – and mom Angelina Jolie, 49, has been there every step of the way.
According to sources, Pax ‘doesn’t want any well wishes’ from his ‘distraught dad’ Brad, 60, even though the ‘heartbroken’ Hollywood actor is determined to help out in any way possible.
An insider exclusively told DailyMail.com that Brad also wishes his family dynamic wasn’t divided and that he wasn’t getting ‘radio silence’ about his son’s health.
Pax will have a ‘long road of recovery’ and ‘suffered complex trauma’ a source told People of his condition; seen in LA on July 11
They said: ‘Don’t expect Pax’s accident to bring the family dynamic back in any way as Pax is 100% on Angie’s side and doesn’t want any well wishes or remorse from Brad.
‘Brad is upset that Pax got hurt and would love to help out in any way possible during his recovery, but it doesn’t seem to be something that will ever happen since there is a forever disconnect and divide between them all.
‘It is gutting Brad that it has got to this point that he can’t even be a worried dad, as all he is getting is radio silence from finding out exactly what is going down with his son.
‘It is just another distressed circumstance that is part of Brad’s normal life.
‘He wishes that everyone could be above it all since this situation involves people’s lives, but emotions as they are between Pax, Angie and Brad are so bad that there will never be a time where it gets to a place where things are OK.’
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The source added: ‘Brad doesn’t know what to do because there is nothing he can do or is allowed to do, it is heartbreaking.’
But another insider claimed Brad hadn’t taken any steps to see Pax.
‘Heartbroken’ Hollywood actor Brad, 60, is determined to help his son’s recovery
They said: ‘Brad has not tried to see Pax. He has made no effort to do so. Angelina has raised these kids a single mom for the last eight years. They love their mother.
‘All Angelina wants is peace, but he is determined to continue fighting her and blaming everyone but himself for the situation he’s now in.’
DailyMail.com contacted representatives for Angelina for comment.
A representative for Brad declined to comment.
Last week, Brad was said to be ‘distraught’ that he had been unable to speak to his estranged son following his accident.
‘It is very upsetting to Brad whenever he hears of one of the kids being hurt and he feels completely powerless because there is nothing that he can do at all,’ an insider told DailyMail.com.
‘A father’s inclination would be to go to the hospital, or to call him. He’s tried so many times but the kids won’t take his calls. His hands are tied.
‘Brad doesn’t think that Pax should be driving a scooter without a helmet to begin with – he should have been in a car.’
Oscar winning actress Angelina has been by her son’s side since he was hospitalized.
Mom Angelina Jolie has been by her son’s side since he was hospitalized last month
Another witness said they discovered him lying lifeless on the ground and he only regained consciousness once paramedics arrived.
Pax, like several of his other siblings, is estranged from his famous father.
In 2020, the youngster called his father a ‘world class a**hole’ who makes his four youngest children ‘tremble in fear’ in an explosive Instagram rant posted for Father’s Day.
Angelina adopted Pax from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2007. He was three years old and had been dumped as a newborn by his heroin-addicted biological mother.
Brad formally adopted him the following year.
Pax is reportedly close to his siblings Maddox, 22, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16.
Angelina adopted Pax from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2007
Pax, like several of his other siblings, is estranged from his famous father (pictured alongside Brad, Shiloh, Maddox, Jane, and William Pitt)
Angelina and Brad are legally divorced but are still fighting over the sale of Miraval, the vineyard in France.
Last week, the Eternals star accused Brad of trying to have her sign a $8.5 million non-disclosure agreement related to her allegations of abuse, according to People.