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Jenner is a 1976 Olympic decathlon gold medalist who had been
known as Bruce before she became this year the highest-profile
American to transition publicly from male to female, marked by a
glamorous cover photo in Vanity Fair magazine.
Jenner has starred this year in the television documentary
series "I Am Cait," and before that was known to reality TV
audiences for years as part of the celebrity Kardashian family.
On Tuesday, Jenner filed paperwork in Los Angeles County
Superior Court seeking to change her name to Caitlyn Marie from
Bruce and officially change her gender to female from male, the
court spokeswoman said.
A judge must rule on the name and gender change request, and has
decided certain parts of Jenner's application, such as medical
history, can remain under seal, the spokeswoman said.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has investigated
Jenner in connection with a deadly multi-car crash in Malibu in
February.
The crash killed 69-year-old Kim Howe, who sheriff's officials
say was driving a white Lexus and was shoved by Jenner's vehicle
across a center divider into oncoming traffic, where her car was
struck head-on by a Hummer.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has received
the case from investigators, a Sheriff's Department spokesman
said last month. But prosecutors have not indicated if they will
file charges against Jenner.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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