Actor Shia LaBeouf caused a scandal in the lobby of a hotel in Rome after his arrest. What is known

American actor Shia LaBeouf is once again at the center of a scandal. This time, the Transformers star appeared in the lobby of a Rome hotel in his underwear and demanded a light for a cigarette from the guests. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

What happened in the lobby of the Rome hotel

The incident was captured on video, which quickly spread across the network. On the recording, 39-year-old LaBeouf stands in the lobby of a hotel in Rome in black boxers with an unlit cigarette in his mouth and irritably appeals to others to give him matches or a lighter. One of the guests started to leave, and the receptionist watched in silence.

"Come on, buddy, give me a match," eyewitnesses quoted the actor as saying.

As it is specified, the actor's appearance in Italy is related to family circumstances: he came to his father's baptism. Initially, on February 26, Judge Simone Levin rejected his request to travel abroad due to the lack of an itinerary. The re-application with a detailed route was approved on March 4 by Magistrate Peter Hamilton. The trip took place as part of a bail release.

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What is Shia LaBeouf in custody for?

A few weeks earlier, on February 17, LaBeouf had been detained twice by police in New Orleans. Both incidents are related to a fight at the R Bar on Royal Street, where police were called after reports of a man "provoking riots and showing increasing aggression."

According to police, the actor was first kicked out of the establishment by the staff of the bar, after which he punched one of the men several times. Then he returned to the scene of the conflict and attacked the same man again, and at the same time punched the nose of the second. The witnesses tried to restrain LaBeouf until the police arrived.

The actor was hospitalized with injuries, after which he was placed in custody. He was charged with two counts of causing bodily harm. Initially, he was released on personal bail, but Judge Levin set bail at $100,000 after it became clear that the actor had used insults during the incident. A second arrest in the same case soon followed: the bail was $5,000.

The scandalous interview

In his first interview after the fight, which LaBeouf gave to Channel 5, he stated that he felt fear when three men appeared next to him on Fat Tuesday, the last day of the Mardi Gras carnival before the start of Catholic Lent, which is traditionally marked by mass celebrations in New Orleans.

"I was drunk and felt like my personal space was being violated. But I wasn't myself — it was on me," he said.

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He also acknowledged that the use of offensive words is unacceptable, stressing that he uttered words that should not be said, did not want to hurt people and was wrong. Judge Levin condemned the use of the word directed against a "marginalized community" that is already facing violence. The victim of the conflict called the actor's release "absurd" and demanded that he be charged with a hate crime.

Personal life

Amid a series of scandals, it became known about LaBeouf's breakup with actress Mia Goth, with whom he had been in a relationship for nine years. The couple got married in 2016, filed for divorce two years later, but then reunited. In March 2022, their daughter Isabelle was born. According to Daily Mail sources, Goth left the actor five months ago.

According to TMZ sources, Mia Goth insists that Shia Labeouf undergo rehabilitation to combat alcohol addiction. The newspaper's interlocutors note that his behavior has been deteriorating for a long time, and the recent incident has only made the problem public. At the same time, she allegedly maintains a warm attitude towards him and expects him to continue to participate in their daughter's life.

LaBeouf himself briefly commented on the breakup of his marriage in an interview. According to him, it was his own fault that he had failed in his family life, and he had to admit it.

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