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Shia LaBeouf Charged With Simple Battery After Mardi Gras Altercation in New Orleans

A preliminary hearing is set for March 19 following his release from custody.

Overview

  • New Orleans police say officers were called around 12:45 a.m. to a French Quarter establishment where LaBeouf was reported to be causing a disturbance and becoming increasingly aggressive.
  • According to the police account and witness reports, he was removed from the venue, punched a man multiple times outside, left, returned acting aggressively, and struck another man in the nose.
  • He was restrained at the scene, taken to a hospital for unspecified injuries, and later booked on two counts of simple battery.
  • LaBeouf was released and posted “Free me” on X; no official statement from his representatives was reported.
  • Coverage notes his prior legal troubles, including past arrests and a civil suit by FKA Twigs resolved by settlement, and cites a Page Six report of a year-long separation from Mia Goth that has not been confirmed.