Brad Pitt 'wants father-in-law Jon Voight to play peacemaker' as it's revealed the actor offered to take lie detector test to prove he hadn't cheated

25 September 2016 

Brad Pitt is so distraught over his wife Angelina Jolie's refusal to allow him access to their children that he is hoping her father, movie legend Jon Voight, will intervene as a mediator.

'Brad has made an effort to make contact and is keen to try and improve the situation between them,' a source close to the situation told the UK's Daily Mirror.

'He's hoping his good relationship with Angelina's family will help to build bridges. He's spoken to her dad Jon and hopes he may be able to play peacemaker.'

'It's a very tricky time for the family but Brad hasn't given up hope yet.'

Brad Pitt (center) has reportedly reached out to his father-in-law, actor Jon Voight (left), in the hopes that he could bring his influence to bear on Angelina Jolie (right)

Jolie shocked the world earlier this week when she filed for divorce from Pitt, putting in motion the dissolution of what was Hollywood's ultimate glamorous power couple.

The Tomb Raider star was reportedly convinced that her husband was having an affair with French actress Marion Cotillard.

Pitt and Cotillard co-star in the movie Allied, a flick about the French partisans who fought the Nazis during World War II.

In an effort to assuage his wife's fears, Pitt offered to take a polygraph to prove that he had remained faithful to her, according to the UK Daily Star.

'Angie hated all the female attention Brad would get,' a source close to the couple told the Daily Star.

'She is very jealous and insecure, despite being one of the most beautiful women in the world.'

'They had a number of arguments about his closeness to Marion,' the source said.

Jolie (right) filed for divorce from Pitt on Monday after a 12-year relationship. The couple has six children

'Brad did all he could to reassure her there was nothing going on and even offered to take a polygraph test to prove he was telling the truth.'

'Sadly for him she refused.'

Cotillard, 40, issued a statement on her Instagram account denying that she slept with Pitt. She also announced that she was expecting her second child with her partner, French writer and actor Guillaume Canet.

Meanwhile, it's been almost a week since Pitt has seen his kids.

Jolie was reportedly jealous over Pitt's (right) relationship with Marion Cotillard (left), his co-star in the movie Allied. Pitt was willing to take a polygraph to prove he was not cheating

Cotillard, 40, posted a message on her Instagram account denying that she and Pitt had an affair

The 52-year-old has been apart from his six children since wife Angelina Jolie filed for divorce on Monday, Us Weekly reported. 

The actor, who is under investigation by the FBI following reports of alleged child abuse, is keen to see them as soon as possible. 

'He knows the severity of the allegations and wants to be cleared of abuse before he sees them,' the source claimed. 

'He is confident he will be cleared. The kids are asking to see Brad, so he is hoping to see them next week.' 

A second source added: 'He's so torn up and shattered, not only because of the divorce but because he hasn't seen the kids and he really wants to. Being apart from them is part of why he's so torn up.' 

Among the many circulating theories on the cause of the bombshell break-up this week is that Brad got drunk on a private jet with his family en route to LA five days earlier, and was seen fighting with his eldest son Maddox during a refueling stop at Minnesota. 

While the actress listed September 15 as the date she and her husband of two years separated, she had already organized a $95,000 a month home for her and her six children to live in. 

A source confirms to the DailyMail.com that the 41-year-old actress rented the ocean front home three weeks before the Oscar-nominated star filed for divorce in a Los Angeles' court on September 19. 

Angelina filed for divorce from Brad on Monday for 'the health of her family', two years after the couple wed at their French estate Chateau Miraval. 

The actress' celebrity divorce attorney Laura Wasser filed papers citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and asked for physical custody of the couple's six children.