The FKA has filed a lawsuit against twigs actor Shea La Lauf, alleging sexual battery, assault and “constant abuse,” according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles. The 32-year-old British singer, whose real name is Tahlia Debret Barnett, has been in La Baif for one year between 2018 and 2019.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims that Barnett became involved in a “turbulent relationship” with LeBeff after working together on the film “Honey Boy” in 2018.
Laboof is accused of causing emotional distress during their relationship, claiming he kept Barnett away from his friends and family and physically abused her.
According to the lawsuit, LaBeouf took Barnett to the spa in 2019 for Valentine’s Day. The lawsuit alleges that Barnett “forced Louf on him and violently squeezed his body and arms against his will.” The lawsuit claims that Labouf started strangling her and started slapping her, “If you don’t stop you will lose me.”
The next day, La Beauff claims she threw him to the ground and removed his seat belt and threatened to crash the car until she “claimed her eternal love for him.”
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According to the lawsuit, LaBeouf kept his home full of weapons, Barnett was afraid to use the bathroom at night if he woke up and was shot. She alleges she was banned from wearing bedtime clothing and often read fights with him at night.
LaBeouf’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment by CBS News. In a statement to the New York Times, Labouf said he had a “history of hurting people close to him.”
“I’m not in a position to tell anyone how they felt about my behavior,” he said in an email to the Times. “I have no excuse for my alcoholism or aggression, just rational. I have been insulting myself and everyone around me for years. I have a history of hurting people close to me. I am ashamed of that history and sorry. I have hurt that. There is nothing else I can really say.
The suit describes another relationship between LaBeouf and an ex-girlfriend. He accuses her of making Caroline Phone the subject, which he said involved similar abuse between 2010 and 2011.
In another email to the Times, LaBeouf wrote that “many of these allegations are not true” but that he wanted women to have the opportunity to “publicize their statements and accept responsibility for the work I have done.”
Barnett addressed a series of lawsuits Tweets Late friday “It may come as a surprise to you knowing that I was in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship. It was difficult for me to process, too, during and after I never thought something like this would happen.”
“I hope that by sharing my experience I can help others feel that they are not alone and how someone who cares can abuse someone, as I understand that it can be confusing and difficult. Learn to do. “
In a statement to CBS News, his lawyer, Brian Friedman, said he failed to resolve the case privately, on condition that Laboff agreed to receive “meaningful and consistent psychiatric treatment.”
“Since they were not prepared to agree to appropriate assistance, Ms. Barnett made this claim to prevent others from being inadvertently abused by them.”
According to the lawsuit, Barnett plans to donate the bulk of any financial loss to domestic violence charities. The complaint states that “the action was not for personal gain, but to establish the record directly, and to help ensure that no more women suffer the abuse Shia woman Labouf has inflicted on her previous romantic partners.” Is. ” “Gone are the days when LaBoof could be abusive and hurt punitive women.”
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