This week, videos of Shia LaBeouf cuttin’ up within the streets of Recent Orleans circulated on social media. Mardi Gras was last Tuesday (Feb. 17), so town has been lit. Nonetheless, the actor’s behavior landed him in hot water with the local law. Along with coming to blows with bar patrons, police now claim Shia was using homophobic slurs, too.
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Shia LaBeouf Charged In Connection To NOLA Fight
After his physical tussling, local law charged Shia LaBeouf with two counts of straightforward battery. Moreover, police are accusing him of repeatedly using homophobic slurs while hitting multiple people at a Recent Orleans bar during Mardi Gras. These are details from a police report on the incident, obtained by the Associated Press through a public records request.
The Recent Orleans police report states that 39-year-old LaBeouf “became irate and aggressive throughout the night.” He allegedly struck multiple individuals with a closed fist on the Royal Street Inn & R Bar, near the historic French Quarter. He was eventually arrested.
On Tuesday, a Recent Orleans magistrate judge ordered Shia LaBeouf to be released from custody and not using a bond requirement, based on Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Gary Scheets. Within the early morning hours of Feb. 18, LaBeouf wrote “Free me” on his X account.
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Man Who Actor Allegedly Attacked Describes Incident To Police
Jeffrey Damnit is a widely known local entertainer. Police identified him as Jeffrey Klein within the incident report. He claimed to be one among the people Shia attacked.
“He hit me, he connected just a few times with punches, he pushed me just a few times,” Damnit said.
LaBeouf “just got nuts” trying to begin fights and telling the entertainer and others that he would beat them up, Damnit said. He added that LaBeouf had pushed him from behind on the bar earlier within the night, shouting homophobic slurs and threatening his life. On the time, Damnit was wearing eye makeup and lipstick. He believes his appearance motivated LaBeouf’s attack.
“That’s just in some way something that set him off, angered him and gave him a direction for his anger,” Damnit said. “This guy wants me to be dead because I wear makeup. It’s a screwed up thing.”
Damnit is a member of the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He told the AP he’s frightened that he’ll face ramifications in his skilled profession for pressing charges against longtime Hollywood talent, Shai LaBeouf.
Videos Of Shia LaBeouf Acting Aggressively Go Viral
A viral video shows a shirtless Shia LaBeouf shoving one person to the bottom and hitting one other person within the face. In response to the police report, the face hit caused “his nose to possibly dislocate.” Damnit and others detained LaBeouf and tried to get him to go away the world. Nonetheless, the actor wouldn’t leave and have become more aggressive, based on Damnit and the police report. Police arrived on the bar around 12:45 a.m. on the morning of town’s famous Fat Tuesday revelry.
Shia LaBeouf fight in Recent Orleans 😬 pic.twitter.com/5itmRNJXH7
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One other video recorded by Damnit and shared with the AP shows Shia LaBeouf taking a look at the camera and appearing to mouth a homophobic slur while police detained him. He continued to repeat the slur throughout the arrest, the police report stated.
“These f*****s put me in jail,” LaBeouf said, after which told police he’s Catholic, based on the report. “I didn’t shove no person, I never touched no person,” LaBeouf tells Recent Orleans cops within the video recorded by Damnit.
Videos later show LaBeouf dancing throughout the French Quarter and appear to indicate him waving his jail release papers.
@tmz Shia LaBeouf was back on Bourbon Street after his Mardi Gras arrest —and tried to play it off like he wasn’t famous 😳🎭Footage shows him telling a streamer he’s “not anyone” … while still chatting it up with excited fans. 🍻📸
Former Disney Actor Has Violent History
This isn’t the primary time Shia LaBeouf has faced legal troubles. He was sent to court-ordered rehabilitation after being arrested in Recent York in 2017 for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. That incident was captured on livestream video.
While on location in Georgia filming ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon,’ later that 12 months, he was arrested for public drunkenness. Then, police accused of disorderly conduct and obstruction. A judge sentenced him to probation. Then in 2020, he was charged with misdemeanor battery and petty theft in Los Angeles.
That very same 12 months, FKA Twigs, whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett, filed a lawsuit alleging Shia LaBeouf was physically and emotionally abusive to her during their relationship. Twigs said LaBeouf put her in a relentless state of fear and humiliation. She accused him of once slamming her right into a automotive and attempting to strangle her. Also, she alleged that he knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease. They settled the lawsuit five years later, in July 2025.
LaBeouf apologized in a press release after the lawsuit was filed. He also denied the accusations within the lawsuit in a 2021 filing. He said any injuries done or damages incurred by Twigs weren’t his doing.
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Jack Brook from Associated Press/Report for America, AP Film Author Lindsey Bahr and AP Author Juan A. Lozano contributed to this report via AP Newsroom.
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