BRAD AGREES TO DRUG TESTING
Tests before kid visits
BRAD PITT and Angelina Jolie have struck a temporary custody deal that includes drug testing for the “Fight Club” actor and an initial supervised visit with his kids.
The estranged couple reached a “completely voluntary agreement” on Friday that grants the sparring spouses joint physical custody of the couple’s six children, a source with knowledge of the deal confirmed to the Daily News.
A therapist will oversee Pitt’s first visit with his children, a condition the actor willingly accepted, the insider added.
“This is an agreement between the parents. This is not mandated by DCFS (the Department of Children and Family Services). This is not a safety order,” the source said. “This is good news for the children. They reached an agreement that is good for the kids.”
Jolie and Pitt both agreed to participate in individual counseling in addition to family counseling, the source said.
The terms will last for three weeks, until Oct. 20, and then could be extended, renegotiated or handed over to the the court system.
The couple has not reached a long-term custody agreement, the source said.
Pitt has been cooperating with investigators from DCFS after the agency received an anonymous tip he got physical with his 15-year-old son Maddox while on a flight back from France, sources previously told The News.
The tipster reported Pitt as “physically” and “verbally abusive” toward the pair's eldest child.
A source close to Pitt told The News last week that the actor may have “acted like an ass” during an argument with his son but was never physically abusive.
The “World War Z” actor took a voluntary drug test after the airplane incident, a source previously confirmed to The News.
The couple shares six children: Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 8.
The “Maleficent” actress filed for divorce Sept. 19 citing “irreconcilable differences.”
She cited the date of separation as Sept. 15, the day after the infamous flight.
According to TMZ, Jolie accused Pitt of having a problem with marijuana and alcohol that combined with an alleged anger problem to create an unsuitable atmosphere for the kids.
A Pitt source denied that claim to The News. The source said the actor would never harm his children and will do whatever is necessary to prove it.