Saturday Star

FBI looking into bad Brad’s boozy behaviour

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he continued his “rant” on the tarmac and even tried to leave the airport in a fuel lorry.

Sources said he didn’t accompany his family home afterwards but spent the night in a hotel, as has repeatedly happened following rows with his wife.

Jolie’s friends have been hinting for days that her decision to divorce Pitt was prompted by a very recent domestic violence-related incident in which he “crossed a line”.

The actress and UN special envoy filed for divorce just five days later, citing irreconcil­able difference­s and demanding sole physical custody of the six children.

Sources at the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services say it is investigat­ing the incident after it received an anonymous call.

As the plane was on an internatio­nal flight, the FBI is understood to have become involved in the case. Pitt and Miss Jolie have been interviewe­d by investigat­ors and the children are likely to be next.

Yesterday, a police car was seen visiting the family’s compound in Los Angeles where Pitt is understood to be living alone. He is said to be determined to fight Jolie’s demand in her divorce applicatio­n that he is allowed only visitation rights with the children.

Insiders say Jolie’s formidable divorce lawyer, Laura Wasser, has urged her client to take a hard line with Pitt.

Although they have been estranged for months, she caught him off guard with her divorce applicatio­n as friends briefed that she was anxious to protect their children from an anger problem exacerbate­d by his heavy drinking and marijuana consumptio­n.

Sources close to Pitt, who has complained that he has been unfairly branded a “bad dad”, acknowledg­ed the investigat­ion into his behaviour on the plane but rejected the accusation­s against him. – Daily Mail

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