Actor Brad Pitt has reportedly been cleared of child abuse
allegations.

The Los Angeles county department of children and family services has concluded
its investigation into child abuse allegations against Pitt, sources told
people.com.

“It was a full and thorough investigation and the determination has been
made that no charges should be brought,” said a source, adding that there
was no finding of abuse. 

“The likely next step is a referral to family court so that the matter of
custody can be determined. There is no permanent custody agreement currently in
place, only an arrangement pending the outcome of this investigation. Now, with
this conclusion, custody can be determined,” the source added. 

A representative for actress Angelina Jolie responded in a statement to
people.com: “The job of the DCFS is to make sure the children are in a
safe and secure situation. As we said earlier this week, childcare
professionals encouraged a legal agreement accepted and signed by both sides
that was in the best interest of the children.”

“Angelina said from the beginning that she felt she had to take action for
the health of the family and is relieved that after their eight-week
involvement, the DCFS is now satisfied the safeguards are put in place that
will allow the children to heal.”

A representative for Pitt declined to comment.

The DCFS launched the investigation after Pitt allegedly got “verbally
abusive” and “physical” with Maddox, his and Jolie‘s oldest
child, on the couple’s private plane on September 14. Jolie filed for divorce
five days later.

During the DCFS investigation, both Jolie, 41, and Pitt, 52, agreed to a
voluntary parenting plan, with the children living with Jolie and supervised
visitation for Pitt, as well as family and individual counselling, reported
people.com.

The investigation comes to a close just days after Jolie released a new statement
saying that the former couple had reached a legal agreement about the custody
of their six children: Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and
8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

However, other sources maintain the pair have not reached any new agreements or
settled their differences, and Pitt still plans to push for joint custody.

Pitt filed a response on November 4 requesting joint custody after Jolie, 41,
requested sole physical custody in her divorce filing.