FKA Twigs has sued her ex-boyfriend, Shia LaBeouf, accusing the actor of sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress.
The musician, who filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, and the actor had dated for about one year in 2018 and 2019.
“Shia LaBeouf hurts women,” states the lawsuit, obtained by Variety. “He uses them. He abuses them, both physically and mentally. He is dangerous.”
LaBeouf once slammed the musician against a car and attempted to strangle her, according to the lawsuit, which also alleges he once pulled out a gun, telling her he had killed stray dogs, so that he could practice getting into the mindset of a killer.
Variety has reached out to representatives for LaBeouf, who could not be immediately reached, as well as the plaintiff’s lawyer for additional comment.
“For too long, LaBeouf has sought to excuse his reprehensible actions as the eccentricities of a free-thinking ‘artist,’” the lawsuit states. “Even though his history of violent behavior was well-documented, many in the media have treated LaBeouf as a harmless figure of fun, which has helped enable him to perpetuate his cycle of abuse of women over the years. There is nothing funny about the exploitation of and battering of women.”
The lawsuit states that FKA Twigs, born Tahliah Barnett, is suing her ex-boyfriend to help other women, not for monetary reasons.
“This action has been brought not for personal gain, but to set the record straight, and to help ensure that no more women must undergo the abuse that Shia LaBeouf has inflicted on his prior romantic partners,” according to the lawsuit. “The days in which LaBeouf can mistreat and harm women with impunity are over.”
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