ZAHARA: A PRODUCT OF RAPE? (SAY IT AIN’T SO!)
Posted Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Filed under: Angelina Jolie, Zahara-Jolie-Pitt
Considering the fact that Zahara Jolie-Pitt is getting set to celebrate her third brithday, it’s sorta strange that new and shocking stories continue to surface surrounding her adoption.
The very latest? Angelina Jolie’s bundle of joy was conceived after her mother was raped!!
Mentwabe Dawit said she was attacked in 2004 after walking home from work at a construction site at night in the southern Ethiopian town of Awasa.
“He pulled a dagger, put one hand on my mouth, so that I could not scream. He then raped me and disappeared,” she tearfully recalled to Reuters.
Dawit, 24, kept it a secret until she could no longer hide her pregnancy.
She gave birth to the child in the family’s home, naming her baby girl Yemsrach (which means good news in the Amharic language).
Unable to feed the child, the baby “became malnourished and was even unable to cry,” Dawit told Reuters. “I was desperate and decided to run away, rather than see my child dying.”
Distraught, Dawit’s mother put the child up for adoption.
Dawit denied erroneous recent reports that she wanted her birth daughter — whom Jolie, 32, renamed Zahara — back.
“I have never disputed the adoption of my baby by Angelina Jolie,” she said.
“I think my daughter is a very fortunate human being to be adopted by a world famous lady. I wish them both all the success they deserve.”
Hmmm….I wonder how much Mentwabe got paid to change her story and to back off of Angie and Zahara.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:47 am
it’s people like you who perpetuate the rumors. this was always the story, and i doubt there’s any cover-up or back peddling of the story. get over yourself, astro, and let the child live in a happy home where every child belongs.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Guys I seen the video of the woman, she was kissing Angelina’s photo and said she is happy that her daughter is with Angelina. That woman had a tough life and I feel such an immense respect for her, not wanting any money from Angelina and actually talking so nice about her, well I am moved. And we all know that Angelina will take care of that baby, she never, NEVER gave us any reason to think that she is not a good mother. If you will look at the photos when she’s going out a shop with Madox http://www.7gfb.com/?p=648 , she is picking him up and God when you look at his small face you can see that he’s such a happy child, she got to fill the place for the mother that Madox did not had. Angelina has something that the old Hollywood stars had, I dont know how to define it but when I see her on TV or read her interviews it makes my hearth grow. I am not a die hard Angelina fan, but she’s such a great human being and many of us have to learn from her. Eva http://www.7gfb.com
November 20th, 2007 at 11:54 am
wow i love this site, but that headline was just a bit much.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:57 am
unfortunately, this situation happens A LOT. What a world this would be without rape. I envy men- not having to really worry about being raped when they are walking alone at night somewhere………
November 20th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
what a fucking loser you are.
How dare you. That poor child growing into at world that calls it a Rape baby.
I hope you rot in hell
November 20th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Yeah, you may call Angie any names in the book, but one name you have to call her is a good mother. Seems all her kids are happy, and I would love for her to go adopt some kids from my country. Any food is better than no food, and love and attention (even if its little) is better than nothing.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Why are we talking about things like this? When this child is old enough to read and to know what is going on, these are the stories she’s going to read. How said for a child.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Arasto, you know I love you but that title is too much.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
change the headline!
November 20th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Miss NYC I agree with you. My Jesus, what a fucking awful thing to call someone’s child. ‘Rape Baby’. So insensitive and so un-necessary. Judging how things spread around on blogs, some losers will pick this up label and start using it to address Zahara. If it catches on, I hope you will be so proud of yourself.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
For REAL Arasto. I’m no wimpy bitch, but that heading is FUCKED UP. Calling a child a “rape baby” - give us a break. It’s disgusting, unnecessary and offensive.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Why would you call her a “RapeBaby”? WTF is wrong with you?
November 20th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
You are so wrong. She abandoned the baby over 3 years ago for god’s sake. Adoption was the best thing to ever happen to her.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Thanks for changing it.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
To have such a beautiful child come from such a heinous act…
November 20th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
this is beyond so fucking disgraceful. congratulations for participating in pushing such contemptible shit.
November 20th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Why didnt you change the headline to something less offensive, like: bitter, cruel bloggers, who most theorize need new medication for their severe mental problems, attack a child’s innocence en masse.
Your change from rape baby is still heinous. Be ashamed of yourself and seek professional help.
November 20th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Perez is that you??? Aristo you want to be really careful you dont overstep the mark. I prefer your site to Hiltons for obvious reasons - careful of the twisted headlines. This is a child. And don’t be so shocked about this situation - you obviously do not know a damn thing about third world countries. Get educated and do some good instead!
November 20th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Arasto, your exposed youself as being an incredible cruel bastard for sensationalizing an innocent child as a rape child. And I’m sure that if Jolie is a woman with self respect, she will ensure that the biological mother of her child is financially taken care of. That is just what a caring person would do.
November 20th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
He changed it, I think it’s tolerable now. And the case is what it is. He can’t glamourize something that isn’t glamorous. It’s always a good thing raising awareness about these situations, if aything. Don’t shoot the messenger people, direct your anger elswhere.
November 20th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
anyone can be a good mother when you can afford 4 nannies
November 20th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I think its sick of anyone to be interviewing the birth mother. Adoptions should be kept private!
November 20th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
katty go adopt and get nannies for the child and let angie take care of her children the way she wants and do it your own way.
November 20th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
People this is about Z, a 2 year old innocent child, whose now at some point in her life will hear this alleged to be true info about her beginnings. Shame on In Touch. Adoption records are confidential and sealed to protect the child. The alleged mother is just that, alleged, someone who left the child to die, she did not want the child and that is understandable if the rape story is true. Z’s parents are Angelina and Brad, they willingly took a very ill child who had to be hopitalized and and loved her and nursed her to good health. Angelina and Brad are good parents with very happy and loved children who have tried to protect their four kids as much as they could given that they are constantly chased by every damm pap and tab in this world. Anyone who is a parent should be horrified that a tab treats the life of a child in this manner. Children should be off limits to tabs and paps.
November 20th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
I thought this was old news. I remember this being mentioned when Ange first adopted Zahara. It’s awful that she was conceived through rape, yes, but that is in her past and I really don’t think it needs to be brought up and discussed. She’s with a good family now who love her and she has a bright future ahead of her. THAT’S what matters.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
http://tvscripts.edt.reuters.com/2007-11-18/3a2d421c.html
The truth is coming out, 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 who came here a year ago (UK Sun tabloid)claiming to be Angelina Jolie’s representatives and these ones who were here a few days ago (In Touch)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.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:15 am
The truth will come out.
November 24th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
The mommy / daughter handbags is a cute concept…but the bags are fugly!!
December 4th, 2007 at 12:40 am
What kind of “birth mother” is she? To tell the whole world that baby Zaraha is “rape baby”.If she is a good mother. She should keep that secret to herself and not to publish it to the whole world. I feel so bad for Zahara. She will be a reason for kids to make fun at school when she is old.