{"id":682860,"date":"2026-06-04T00:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/682860\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:48:09","slug":"shia-labeouf-pleads-guilty-to-punching-people-during-mardi-gras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/682860\/","title":{"rendered":"Shia LaBeouf Pleads Guilty To Punching People During Mardi Gras"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tShia LaBeouf<\/a> has pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery after an incident earlier this year in New Orleans.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Even Stevens actor was arrested in February of this year for hitting people and using anti-gay slurs during Mardi Gras.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to Nola<\/a>, LaBeouf was handed a six-month suspended sentence with two years\u2019 probation for the charges.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe police and DA investigation proved exactly what Shia LaBeouf said from the beginning \u2014 that this was nothing more than a minor Mardi Gras bar tussle,\u201d Labeouf\u2019s attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, said in a statement. \u201cThere is no evidence it was about bias or prejudice, which is why the state only charged these low-level misdemeanors. Mr. LaBeouf came to court today wanting to take accountability for his part in what happened, and he has done so. Now he\u2019s looking forward to focusing on family, work, and new creative projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOn February 17, police said the Disturbia actor was \u201ccausing a disturbance and becoming increasingly aggressive\u201d at a Royal Street business outside the French Quarter, adding, \u201cOnce removed from the building, the victim reported being struck by LaBeouf, who used his closed fists on the victim several times.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLaBeouf was arrested, and after he posted bail and treated his injuries, he returned to the scene to continue celebrating Mardi Gras.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an interview following the incident, he addressed his past struggles, saying in a Channel 5 interview with Andrew Callaghan<\/a>, \u201cI don\u2019t think I have\u00a0a drinking problem. I think I have a different problem, and I\u2019m gonna address it \u2026 I think I have a small man complex. Some kind of Napoleonic, I don\u2019t know what it is. I think it\u2019s something that has to do with anger and ego more than my drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shia LaBeouf has pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery after an incident earlier this year in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,25417],"class_list":["post-682860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-shia-labeouf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}