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Shia LaBeouf Splits With CAA In Wake of Sexual Battery Accusations

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Shia LaBeouf Splits With CAA In Wake of Sexual Battery Accusations

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The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Shia LaBeouf’s talent agency, CAA, will no longer represent him. This comes months after former partners accused LaBeouf of sexual assault and violence, including a lawsuit brought by former girlfriend FKA twigs.

LaBeouf, 34, is presently getting inpatient treatment and has opted to take a break from acting to focus on his health, according to ET. CAA did not fire the actor; instead, the firm has placed him on leave.

The Transformers actor has a long history of legal difficulties, arrests, and alcoholism rehab. He developed the screenplay for Honey Boy while in recovery, based on his tumultuous past as a career actor with an abusive father. Alma Har’el, a friend of LaBeouf’s, directed the movie, which had its global premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019. In the film, LaBeouf plays his own father.

The news of LaBeouf and CAA comes as a number of other celebrities have had their representation terminated due to claims of sexual assault and scandal. WME terminated Armie Hammer amid uproar over explicit texts he reportedly sent multiple women over social media, while CAA dropped Marilyn Manson when Evan Rachel Wood came out with charges of abuse. According to one insider, it was LaBeouf who made the decision to leave the agency.

Variety broke the story of LaBeouf’s treatment and resignation from his agency two months after his ex-girlfriend, artist FKA Twigs, launched a lawsuit against him in December. The actor is accused of “relentless abuse,” including sexual violence, assault, and infliction of emotional distress, according to the lawsuit.

In addition, the complaint says that the actor willfully gave Barnett an STD, among other unsettling and explicit allegations.

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Despite the alleged abuse, the singer, whose actual name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, told The New York Times that she didn’t report it to the authorities because she was afraid about LaBeouf’s career and that she wouldn’t be taken seriously as a woman of color. She was able to quit the relationship and speak out with the support of a therapist and some cautious planning. “What I went through with Shia was the worst thing I’ve ever been through in the whole of my life,” she stated. “I don’t think people would ever think that it would happen to me. But I think that’s the thing. It can happen to anybody.”

Late last year, when responding to the sexual violence complaint, LaBeouf acknowledged to his drunkenness and aggressiveness, claiming that he had been hostile to others around him for years.

In response to charges of sexual abuse, assault, and infliction of mental distress, LaBeouf claimed in December, “I’m not in any position to tell anyone how my behavior made them feel.” He went on to say, “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.”

“I am not cured of my PTSD and alcoholism,” he said, despite the fact that he was in counseling and a 12-step program member. “But I am committed to doing what I need to do to recover, and I will forever be sorry to the people that I may have harmed along the way.”

Another ex-girlfriend of LaBeouf’s, stylist Karolyn Pho, accused him of physical abuse before the FKA Twigs case. He was allegedly captured on tape fighting with then-girlfriend Mia Goth in 2015.

According to the current complaint, LaBeouf is a threat to women. The complaint holds the industry responsible for disregarding his previous actions, which has been well publicized.

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