Brad Pitt is reportedly being investigated for "getting verbally abusive and physical" with his children.

Brad Pitt is under investigation for allegedly “getting verbally abusive and physical” with his children, celebrity news website TMZ is reporting.

The report claims Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services are investigating reports of an incident on a plane last Wednesday, which is believed to have sparked Pitt’s wife Angelina Jolie to file for divorce

Sources told TMZ Pitt “got wasted” on the private jet, then “went wild, screaming and getting physical with the kids”.

Witnesses reportedly saw the actor continue his rant on an unnamed tarmac when the plane landed at 8pm, with a witness on either the plane or tarmac reporting the incident to the LA County Department of Children and Family Services.

“[Pitt] takes the matter very seriously and says he did not commit any abuse of his children,” a source told TMZ.

“It’s unfortunate that people involved are continuing to present him in the worst possible light.”

Angelina Jolie filed for divorce on Tuesday, citing irreconcilable differences. Pitt is reported to be filing for joint-custody of the couple’s children.

Listen: Mamamia Out Loud dissects the breakup of Pitt and Jolie.