Shia LaBeouf has pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery and received a suspended sentence with probation for a Mardi Gras altercation in New Orleans. The actor was sentenced on Wednesday by Judge Juana Marine-Lombard to a six-month suspended jail term and two years of probation.
LaBeouf was arrested on February 17 after being ejected from a bar in the French Quarter. Police reports and video evidence show him shoving a person to the ground and striking another in the face, causing a possible nose dislocation. The court also ordered him to attend an alcohol treatment programme and to stay away from the three victims and the bar.
His attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, stated that LaBeouf wanted to take accountability for his actions and is now focusing on family, work, and new creative projects. A local entertainer, Jeffrey Klein, claimed LaBeouf had pushed him and used homophobic slurs earlier that night, but Chervinsky dismissed this, calling it a minor bar tussle with no evidence of bias.
This is not LaBeouf's first legal issue; he was previously ordered to rehab after a 2017 arrest in Georgia for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. He also faced a lawsuit from FKA Twigs alleging sexual battery and assault, which was settled in July 2023.
