Overview
- The Orleans Parish District Attorney filed three misdemeanor counts of simple battery against LaBeouf, a filing that was made public on Thursday, May 21.
- Police and video evidence from the February 17 Mardi Gras incident at R Bar show LaBeouf becoming combative, using anti-gay slurs and head-butting a patron who suffered a likely dislocated nose.
- A judge ordered LaBeouf to post a $100,000 bond and to enroll in substance-abuse treatment and periodic drug and alcohol testing as conditions of his release.
- Prosecutors chose not to seek hate-crime enhancements despite the reported slurs captured on video, a decision that narrows the criminal exposure he faces under Louisiana law.
- Reports note a separate March confrontation in New Orleans that has been documented by media but has not produced additional criminal charges so far, and LaBeouf has spoken publicly about the incidents and his struggles with substance use.