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Shia LaBeouf Charged After New Orleans Mardi Gras Bar Altercation as Videos Show Slurs and Punches

A March 19 court date awaits with police video central to the allegations.

Overview

  • Authorities charged LaBeouf with two counts of simple battery following a Feb. 17 incident outside the Royal Street Inn & R Bar in the French Quarter.
  • The police report says he struck multiple people with his fists, and eyewitness footage provided to AP shows one person knocked down and another punched.
  • Recordings and official reports indicate he repeatedly used a homophobic slur during the confrontation and while being taken into custody, even as he denied pushing anyone on camera.
  • The Orleans Parish sheriff's office released his mugshot taken after the arrest.
  • TMZ reports that Mia Goth is urging him to seek rehab, and separate TMZ footage shows him later socializing with an unidentified woman in New Orleans.