Shia LaBeouf breaks silence after Mardi Gras arrest

Shia LaBeouf broke his silence on Wednesday, almost 24 hours after he was arrested in New Orleans on easy battery prices.

“Free me,” LaBeouf wrote on social media simply after 2 a.m. Earlier within the day, the “Transformers” actor was noticed celebrating Mardi Gras and dancing on Bourbon Avenue together with his launch papers in his mouth. WGNO reported.

Previous to his arrest, LaBeouf confirmed off an array of colourful Mardi Gras-themed Christmas trinkets in a selfie shared on X.

LaBeouf’s whirlwind day began with an early morning bar battle within the metropolis’s Faubourg Marigny neighborhood. Authorities responded to a easy battery within the 1400 block of Royal Avenue round 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, the place two male victims reported being assaulted, in line with the New Orleans Police Division (NOPD).

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Shia LaBeouf broke his silence with a two-word message shared on social media lower than 24 hours after his arrest on battery prices. (Dave Bennett)

LaBeouf was reportedly “inflicting a disturbance and changing into more and more aggressive at a enterprise on Royal Avenue.” When an worker tried to push the actor out of the institution, LaBeouf “allegedly used his closed fists on the sufferer a number of instances,” police stated.

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“The victims reported that LaBeouf left, however then returned and acted much more aggressively.”

A number of individuals allegedly tried to detain LaBeouf exterior the enterprise in Faubourg, and he was in the end deserted within the hope that he would go away.

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The ‘Even Stevens’ actor allegedly punched the identical sufferer once more with “closed fists to the sufferer’s higher physique” earlier than allegedly attacking one other particular person by punching him within the nostril.

“LaBeouf was once more detained till police arrived,” police stated. “He was taken to a hospital for remedy of unknown accidents. Following his launch, he was arrested and charged with two counts of straightforward battery.”

LaBeouf’s representatives didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

Shia LaBeouf “was inflicting a disturbance and changing into more and more aggressive at a Royal Avenue enterprise,” police advised Fox Information Digital. (Stefanie Rex/dpa)

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The ‘Salvable’ star was beforehand arrested and charged with one rely of misdemeanor theft and one rely of misdemeanor theft stemming from a theft and battery incident that occurred in June 2020.

LaBeouf barely averted jail time and was ordered to attend non-public remedy to work on his anger administration at the very least as soon as per week, proceed to watch his alcohol consumption by sporting a Soberlink gadget and endure random alcohol testing.

His ex-girlfriend, FKA Twigs, accused him of sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional misery in a 2020 lawsuit.

Shia LaBeouf and FKA Twigs met on the set of their film ‘Honey Boy’ earlier than relationship for eight months. (Seen in 2018) (Melody Jeng//GC Photos)

Twigs, a British singer whose full title is Tahlia Debrett Barnettmet Shia whereas engaged on their 2018 movie ‘Honey Boy’, they usually dated for eight months earlier than ending issues in 2019.

In her lawsuitshe accused LaBeouf of “knowingly” giving her a sexually transmitted illness, and described the abuse throughout their relationship as “relentless.” She additionally alleged that he would pinch or seize her “so onerous that she would bruise.”

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He denied most of the accusations on the time, stating that he was engaged on enchancment as he had not but been cured of his sickness.PTSD and alcoholism.” In July 2025, Twigs settled the lawsuit towards LaBeouf.