FBI says it’s evaluating abuse allegations against Pitt

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In this June 5, 2007 file photo, Brad Pitt, right, a cast member in the film “Ocean’s Thirteen,” arrives with Angelina Jolie at the premiere of the film at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to one of the world’s most star-studded, tabloid-generating romances. An attorney for Jolie Pitt, Robert Offer, said Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, that she has filed for the dissolution of the marriage. AP FILE PHOTO

LOS ANGELES — The FBI says it’s gathering information about an incident involving Brad Pitt and his family aboard a private flight last week.

Spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said in a statement late Thursday that the agency is still evaluating whether to open its own investigation into allegations Pitt was abusive during the flight toward one of his six children with actress Angelina Jolie Pitt.

Several media outlets, using anonymous sources, have reported that the actor is under investigation by a child welfare agency because of the incident. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Families refused to say whether it was investigating Pitt.

Messages left for Pitt’s representatives were not immediately returned.

Jolie Pitt filed for divorce Monday, saying she came to the decision “for the health of the family.”