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Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 3
Shia LaBeouf Gets 2 Years’ Probation for Battery, Faces 6 Months if Rehab Fails
Updated
Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 3

Shia LaBeouf Gets 2 Years’ Probation for Battery, Faces 6 Months if Rehab Fails

3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 3

Summary

  • LaBeouf pleaded guilty in June to misdemeanor battery after New Orleans police accused him of attacking three men during Mardi Gras and shouting homophobic slurs.
  • The sentence gives the 40-year-old actor two years’ probation and requires alcohol rehab; failure to complete treatment could send him to prison in New Orleans for six months.
  • The case marked LaBeouf’s fifth known arrest, extending a long record of disruptive behavior that has repeatedly spilled into public and professional settings.
  • Scott Eastwood, speaking on Dax Shepard’s podcast, said LaBeouf was a volatile co-star on 2014’s Fury, describing a confrontation that Brad Pitt had to break up.

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