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Pitt's estranged wife Angelina Jolie filed for divorce in September. Jordan Strauss

Brad Pitt cleared of physical abuse allegation towards teenage son

The alleged incident was said to have happened on a flight from France.

BRAD PITT HAS been cleared after a probe into allegations he mistreated one of his children, sources close to the case said.

The claims centered on an alleged incident with his 15-year-old son Maddox in September on a flight from France. Pitt had been accused of being physically abusive towards the child.

Social workers interviewed the couple, their children and witnesses who were on the plane.

The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) concluded that Pitt, 52, did not behave abusively, a source close to the case told AFP.

Pitt “has been cleared of any allegation of wrongdoing,” the source said.

Jolie, 41, filed for divorce in September, citing irreconcilable differences. She is seeking sole custody of their six children.

Pitt is seeking joint legal and physical custody.

For now, the children are with her and he can make supervised visits, two sources said.

Being cleared by social services should help Pitt’s efforts for joint custody.

A statement from Jolie’s media team said that the actress is:

Relieved that after their 8-week involvement, the DCFS is now satisfied the safeguards are put in place that will allow the children to heal.

The A-listers, given the celebrity moniker ‘Brangelina’, married in France two years ago, but had been a couple since 2004.

© – AFP 2016

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Read: Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt ‘for the health of the family’ >

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    Feb 10th 2015, 3:27 PM

    There’s tragedy in life like the death of a child .Things never get back to the way they were. RIP to all those who died. Unimaginable heartache for their families …

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    Mute Theresa Kavanagh Connell
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    Feb 10th 2015, 12:46 PM

    Thank you for changing the headline. Those four deaths are equally tragic and all four were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s unfair to think the family of the little girl is hurting more than the families of the three men. RIP to all of them.

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    Feb 10th 2015, 12:59 PM

    Hi Theresa, it wasn’t intended for the three men to be ‘treated like they didn’t matter’. They were mentioned in the excerpt just below the original headline.

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    Mute Theresa Kavanagh Connell
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    Feb 10th 2015, 1:06 PM

    I know they were aoife but every death is tragic and should be treated equally. You mentioned them but didn’t feel their death was as tragic.

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    Feb 10th 2015, 1:25 PM

    Hi Theresa, it’s incorrect to say I didn’t feel their death was as tragic. They were not in the headline but were in the subheading right under the headline, and also in the first line of the piece.

    I understand your concern of course, and did change the headline, but it’s not fair to make an assumption about what I do or do not feel about these men’s deaths.

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    Mute Theresa Kavanagh Connell
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    Feb 10th 2015, 1:44 PM

    Why weren’t they in the headline? Can you explain your reason to give them a little mention?

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    Feb 10th 2015, 3:36 PM

    relax Theresa, she has already clarified.

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    Mute Lisa Jones
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    Feb 10th 2015, 12:07 PM

    Sounds reminiscent of the incident in Scotland….

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    Mute Theresa Kavanagh Connell
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    Feb 10th 2015, 12:08 PM

    Four people died here so I don’t get the focus on one person. Your headline is off side.

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    Feb 10th 2015, 12:22 PM

    Have you got kids Theresa because losing a 4 year old is cruel hence the headline focusing on the loss of the kids life who was really just beginning life, think before you comment would be my advice to you

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    Mute Theresa Kavanagh Connell
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    Feb 10th 2015, 12:28 PM

    Those three men might have children who are now without a father. Grief is not just for parents. I personally find the story one sided and the three men just added like they didn’t matter. It’s just how I see it.

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    Feb 10th 2015, 4:15 PM

    Give it a rest will ya. There’s always one person who can manage to be offended by everything

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    Feb 10th 2015, 5:25 PM

    Why are arguing about whose death is more tragic? Have a bit of compassion and think before you type.

    RIP to the four people here, I hope and pray the grandmother recovers. My thoughts are with the families left behind :(

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    Feb 10th 2015, 3:15 PM

    Horrific,I remember something similar happening on the long mile road many years ago when a container fell off a lorry.
    How desperately sad for the families of the bereaved.

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    Feb 10th 2015, 5:56 PM

    Theresa untwist your knickers

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    Feb 10th 2015, 5:23 PM

    What were the ages of the men?

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