Shia LaBeouf is seeking treatment.
The actor was recently caught in the headlines when his ex-girlfriend, singer FKA Twigs, accused him of physical, emotional and mental abuse in a lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed by the musician – born Tahliah Debrett Barnett – on December 11, and details several alleged incidents, including the actor “recklessly” driving a car with Barnett inside and “threatening to crash unless she professes her love for him”, by the suit.
In response to the New York Times, LaBeouf said that “there are no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, just rationalizations”.
Since then, he has faced more problems in the form of similar accusations by singer Sia and having his name removed from the Netflix awards consideration page.
Now, it appears that the 34-year-old “Honey Boy” star is advancing.
“Shia needs help and he knows it,” LaBeouf’s lawyer told Variety on December 24. “We are actively seeking the type of meaningful, intensive and long-term inpatient treatment that he desperately needs.”
LaBeouf’s past is also fraught with struggles, as he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and suffered several public breakdowns after rising to fame as a young Disney Channel star “Even Stevens”.
Until the scandal broke, the actor was considered a candidate for the award for his next Netflix movie, “Pieces of a Woman”, opposite Vanessa Kirby, already one of the favorites to take home an acting trophy this season. Sources told the channel, however, that the streamer and even the actor himself felt that the campaigns should focus on Kirby and Ellen Burstyn.
After filing the lawsuit, FKA Twigs addressed his claims on Twitter.
“It may be surprising for you to know that I was in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship,” she started a series of tweets. “It was difficult for me to process too, during and after that I never thought that something like this would happen to me.”
Barnett said when expressing that she hoped “to help people understand that when you’re under coercive control by an abuser or in a violent relationship with an intimate partner, going out doesn’t seem like a safe or achievable option.”