LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Brad Pitt has been cleared after a probe into allegations he mistreated one of his children in a mid-air altercation, the FBI said Tuesday.
The claims centered on an alleged incident with his 15-year-old son Maddox in September on a flight from France to Los Angeles. Pitt’s wife Angelina Jolie claimed he had struck the boy.
“In response to allegations made following a flight ... carrying Mr. Brad Pitt and his children, the FBI has conducted a review of the circumstances and will not pursue further investigation,” the agency said in a statement.
“No charges have been filed in this matter.”
The announcement marks Pitt’s second vindication over the incident, two weeks after Los Angeles social workers cleared the 52-year-old of wrongdoing following interviews with the couple, their children and witnesses.
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Actor Brad Pitt poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film “Allied” in London on Nov. 21, 2016. (Yonhap-AP) |
Jolie, 41, filed for divorce in September, citing irreconcilable differences. She is seeking sole custody of their six children.
Pitt, who won a best film Oscar for producing “12 Years a Slave” (2013), has been in contact with all six of the couple's children and is seeking joint legal and physical custody.
The reunions were supervised by a therapist as part of the couple’s temporary custody agreement -- mediated by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services -- which was recently extended.
Under the agreement Jolie had physical custody of the children -- three of whom, including Maddox, are adopted -- at a rented Los Angeles house.
The A-listers -- given the celebrity moniker “Brangelina” -- wed in France in August two years ago, but had been a couple since 2004.
AFP reached out to Pitt’s representative, who declined to comment.
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