Overview
- Video and police reports say the February 17 altercation at R Bar on Royal Street in New Orleans began when staff tried to remove LaBeouf and bystanders restrained him until officers arrived.
- LaBeouf was arrested that night, initially released on his own recognizance and later ordered by a judge to post a $100,000 bond, submit to regular drug and alcohol testing, and enter rehab as conditions of release.
- Orleans Parish prosecutors filed three counts of simple battery on May 21–23, classifying the allegations as misdemeanors rather than felonies and declining to charge any hate crimes.
- Multiple witnesses and on-scene footage reported and appear to show LaBeouf using anti-gay slurs, head-butting a man, and a patron sustaining a possible dislocated nose during the fight.
- LaBeouf publicly addressed the episode in March, apologizing for touching someone while making controversial remarks, and has been linked to a separate March bar incident in New Orleans, matters that shape public perception as the case moves toward court.