Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of simple battery and was sentenced to probation for a Mardi Gras brawl in New Orleans.
He will be required to attend an alcohol treatment program, Laboeuf’s attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, told the AP.
The “Transformers” actor was arrested shortly after midnight on February 17 after being escorted out of a bar in the French Quarter. A video of the altercation showed LaBeouf shoving a person to the ground and hitting a person in the face. A New Orleans police report said the punch to the victim “caused his nose to possibly dislocate.”
Judge Juana Marine-Lombard gave LaBeouf a six month suspended sentence plus two years of probation. He was ordered to stay away form the three victims as well as the bar. LaBeouf had been ordered to attend drug and alcohol treatment after he was originally charged.
“Mr. LaBeouf came to court today wanting to take accountability for his part in what happened, and he has done so,” Chervinsky told the AP. “Now he’s looking forward to focusing on family, work, and new creative projects.”
A local entertainer identified as Jeffrey Klein, aka Jeffrey Damnit, said LaBeouf had pushed him at the bar earlier that night and shouted homophobic slurs.
However, LaBeouf’s attorney said it was “a minor Mardi Gras bar tussle” and said there was “no evidence it was about bias or prejudice.”
The actor was previously court-ordered to attend rehab following a 2017 arrest in Georgia for public intoxication and disorderly conduct during the filming of “Peanut Butter Falcon.” He then had a lawsuit filed against him by FKA Twigs alleging sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress. The lawsuit was settled in July of last year.
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