Shia LaBeouf is dropped by his agent as troubled actor checks into rehab following sexual battery claims from ex-girlfriend FKA twigs
- Shia LaBeouf is no longer working with the talent agency CAA
- He has not collaborated with the agency for a month
- Actor, who’s not currently working, was not fired by the agency
- He’s been in inpatient care for five weeks for undisclosed treatment
Shia LaBeouf has ‘parted ways’ with his agent while receiving inpatient care at a residential treatment facility after being accused of sexual battery by ex-girlfriend FKA twigs.
The troubled actor has faced multiple allegations of emotional abuse in the wake of twigs filling a suit against him in December, alleging sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress.
It’s understood that LaBeouf, 34, has since been dropped by the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), while he receives therapeutic care at an unspecified treatment facility in the United States.
The latest: Shia LaBeouf is no longer working with the talent agency CAA, as he’s currently in inpatient care in the wake of a sexual battery lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend, FKA Twigs. The actor was snapped in LA in 2019
Insiders told Variety that CAA haven’t been working with the actor for around a month but they haven’t fired him; instead, he made the decision to step away from his career so he has the time and space to get help.
LaBeouf is said to have been receiving treatment for over five weeks and his release from the unnamed facility will depend on his recovery.
Representatives for CAA and the actor have yet to comment on the report.
Background: FKA Twigs in December filed a suit against LaBeouf in December, alleging sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress. They were snapped in Utah in 2019
It is unclear what specific treatment the Transformers star is receiving but he has previously been in rehab for alcoholism.
In December, he admitted he was “ashamed” of his behaviour after former partners FKA Twigs and stylist Karolyn Pho filed a lawsuit against him for sexual battery.
He said: I’m not in any position to tell anyone how my behaviour made them feel.
‘I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt. There is nothing else I can really say.’
The Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps star took a contrite tone in a statement he gave to The New York Times in December in reaction to the legal filing from FKA Twigs
And his lawyer admitted he “desperately” needed to undergo treatment.
Shawn Holley said in December: ‘Shia needs help and he knows that. We are actively seeking the kind of meaningful, intensive, long-term inpatient treatment that he desperately needs.’
The lawsuit detailed the actor’s alleged drunken and violent rages, and branded him “dangerous”.
It stated: ‘LaBeouf hurts women. He uses them. He abuses them, both physically and mentally. He is dangerous.’
Legal representatives for both women previously revealed they had tried to resolve the matter privately “on the condition that Mr. LaBeouf agree to receive meaningful and consistent psychological treatment.”
However, attorney Bryan Freedman added: ‘Since he was unwilling to agree to get appropriate help, [twigs] filed this suit to prevent others from unknowingly suffering similar abuse by him.
In her lawsuit, twigs – real name Tahliah Barnett – said that the entertainment industry has repeatedly ignored bad behavior from LaBeouf, who has a litany of past arrests and accusations of misconduct from other women.
‘Shia LaBeouf hurts women,’ her legal team told the court. ‘He uses them. He abuses them, both physically and mentally. He is dangerous … the days in which LaBeouf can mistreat and harm women with impunity are over.’
The news about LaBeouf comes amid a turbulent time in the industry with a number of high-profile names facing strong allegations, such as singer Marilyn Manson, who CAA cut after Evan Rachel Wood accused him of abusing her; and actor Armie Hammer, who WME let go amid accusations from multiple women of abuse.
In December, LaBeouf’s attorney Shawn Holley told Variety, ‘Shia needs help and he knows that. We are actively seeking the kind of meaningful, intensive, long-term inpatient treatment that he desperately needs.’
Dailymail.com has reached out to CAA and the actor’s reps for comment on the story.