Shia LaBeouf is no stranger to legal troubles and bad press, and in the latest concerning turn in the actor’s life he’s being sued by ex-partner actress/singer FKA Twigs for “sexual battery and assault”. The former Transformers star and Twigs – real name, Tahliah Barnett – met on 2019 drama Honey Boy, which LaBeouf co-wrote, and embarked on a relationship of an undetermined period. Now, Twigs is taking legal action against him.
As per Deadline, Twigs filed a complaint to the Los Angeles Superior Court this Friday which contained a “detailed and often harrowing” account of her treatment by her ex-partner. She also alleges that LaBeouf has abused other women the same way, such as stylist Karolyn Pho, another of his former partners.
“This action has been brought not for personal gain, but to set the record straight, and to help ensure that no more women must undergo the abuse that Shia LaBeouf has inflicted on his prior romantic partners,” Twigs’ complaint reads. “The days in which LaBeouf can mistreat and harm women with impunity are over,” the damages-seeking document adds, citing a cycle of “relentless abuse” by the Emmy-winning actor.
As represented by attorney Bryan Freedman, Twigs goes on to make an impassioned plea that LaBeouf cannot be allowed to continue on with his behavior, labelling him as “dangerous”.
“For too long, LaBeouf has sought to excuse his reprehensible actions as the eccentricities of a free-thinking ‘artist,’” the filing declares. “Shia LaBeouf hurts women,” the suit continues. “He uses them. He abuses them, both physically and mentally. He is dangerous.”
Deadline reached out to LaBeouf’s representatives for a response, but they were met with silence. This is the first lawsuit of this nature to be faced by the actor, but he has been charged on multiple accounts of “disorderly conduct” over the years, including incidents of harassment, trespassing, public intoxication and also shouting racist remarks to a police officer. In September of this year, he was charged with misdemeanor battery and petty theft after an altercation with a man in June.
As for his film career, Shia LaBeouf has two starred in two new movies in 2020 – David Ayer’s action thriller The Tax Collector and Pieces of a Woman, an acclaimed drama co-starring Vanessa Kirby that arrives on Netflix in January.
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