Reports claim Brad Pitt is under investigation for child abuse, LAPD denies involvement

Brad Pitt

Multiple reports early Thursday claimed Brad Pitt is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department and Department of Child and Family Services for alleged child abuse, but the LAPD told FOX411 they aren’t investigating Pitt.

“We are not investigating Brad Pitt for any sort of child abuse,” Officer Jenny Houser told us. “No allegations have come to us within our jurisdiction that we’re responsible [for].” She added she cannot comment on whether or not other government agencies are investigating Pitt.

The LA County Department of Child and Family Services told us they are legally prohibited from commenting on whether or not someone is under investigation. A rep for Pitt did not immediately return our request for comment.

TMZ reported an investigation was launched after an anonymous caller reported an incident September 14 where Pitt allegedly got “physical” and “verbally abusive” with one of his children on the couple’s private plane.

People reported that Jolie and their other five children were present at the time of the alleged incident.

A source told TMZ Pitt has been interviewed by authorities and is taking “the matter very seriously and says he did not commit any abuse of his children.” The source added, “It’s unfortunate that people involved are continuing to present him in the worst possible light.”

Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt Monday, citing irreconcilable differences.

The actress is seeking physical custody of their six children, with visitation rights for Pitt.

Pitt released a statement to People magazine at the time saying, “I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of our kids. I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time.”

An attorney for Jolie, Robert Offer, told the Associated Presss Tuesday that her decision to divorce was made “for the health of the family.”

Their children are: 15-year-old Maddox, 12-year-old Pax, 11-year-old Zahara, 10-year-old Shiloh, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

The couple has been together for 12 years; they married in August 2014.

It was the second marriage for Pitt, 52, who previously wed actress Jennifer Aniston, and the third for Jolie Pitt, 41, who was previously married to Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller.

The pair infamously got together on the set of their movie “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” while Pitt was married to Aniston.