Shia LaBeoufThe lawyer said the actor “needs help” and that they are seeking “long-term inpatient treatment” for him, while he faces a sexual misconduct lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend FKA branches.
In his lawsuit, the 32-year-old British musician accuses the 34-year-old actor, his co-star in his autobiographical film Dear boy, sexual assault, aggression and the imposition of emotional suffering and also claims that he knowingly transmitted a sexually transmitted disease to him. LaBeouf was not charged with any crime.
“Shia needs help and he knows it,” LaBeouf’s lawyer, Shawn Holleysaid E! News in a statement on Friday, Christmas Day. “We are actively looking for the type of meaningful, intensive and long-term inpatient treatment that he desperately needs.”
FKA Twigs opened its case on December 11 and she and the other accuser also spoke about their experiences with LaBeouf with the New York Times. O Transformers The actor told the newspaper at the time that although “many of these allegations are not true”, he “has no excuse for my alcoholism or aggression, just rationalizations”. He said he is “a sober member of a 12-step program” and in therapy, and has not yet been “cured” of PTSD and alcoholism.