Brooklyn Beckham wants to divorce parents David and Victoria

He has sent his parents a legal notice – also known as a cease and desist letter – through his lawyers at the Schillings firm.

The letter was not a “divorce case,” but a formal request to direct all future communications through legal representatives and to stop public statements about him, especially on social media.

Sources said the reason for this formal approach was to protect his mental health and set clear boundaries after he felt his personal requests for privacy were being ignored.

Since Brooklyn is an adult and financially independent, he cannot claim ongoing alimony from his parents, nor are they legally obligated to support him.

Celebrities who became emancipated from their parents as minors (or took similar legal action) include Drew Barrymore. She was emancipated from her parents at the age of 14 due to a difficult and unstable home life involving substance abuse.

Macaulay Culkin fired his parents as legal guardians and from control of his multi-million dollar trust fund at the age of 16, amid a bitter custody battle and accusations of financial mismanagement by his father.

And Juliette Lewis was emancipated at age 14 to avoid child labor laws and work adult hours in her acting career.

Troubled child film star Corey Feldman initiated emancipation proceedings at the age of 15, claiming his parents stole nearly $1 million in earnings from him.

And Aaron Carter filed for emancipation at the age of 16 after firing his mother as his manager, claiming she had taken a significant amount of his money.