LOS ANGELES (AP) — FKA Twigs and Shia LaBeouf have agreed to settle her lawsuit alleging LaBeouf was bodily and emotionally abusive to her throughout their relationship.
An lawyer for the 37-year-old English singer and actor FKA Twigs, whose authorized identify is Tahliah Barnett, filed a request in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom on Monday to dismiss her case in opposition to the 39-year-old American actor with prejudice, that means it might’t be filed once more.
“Committed to forging a constructive path forward, we have agreed to settle our case out of court,” the 2 mentioned in a joint assertion issued Tuesday by their attorneys. “While the details of the settlement will remain private, we wish each other personal happiness, professional success and peace in the future.”
First filed in 2020, the case had a number of trial dates scheduled within the years since, however these have been all the time delayed properly prematurely.
The 2 met and have become a pair in 2018 after Barnett was solid in a supporting function in “Honey Boy,” an autobiographical movie about LaBeouf’s upbringing as a toddler actor.
After an early “charm offensive” from LaBeouf, the connection grew to become a “living nightmare,” her lawsuit mentioned.
She mentioned LaBeouf put her in a relentless state of worry and humiliation, as soon as slammed her right into a automotive, tried to strangle her and knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted illness.
She mentioned he additionally remoted her from household and pals, demanded absolute fealty and was angrily jealous of everybody from waiters she’d been well mannered with to her ex-fiancé Robert Pattinson.
She mentioned that her expertise was a part of a sample for LaBeouf.
“Shia LaBeouf hurts women,” the swimsuit mentioned. “He uses them. He abuses them, both physically and mentally. He is dangerous.”
LaBeouf mentioned in a press release simply after the lawsuit was filed that he had been “abusive to myself and everybody round me for years. I’ve a historical past of injuring the folks closest to me. I’m ashamed of that historical past and am sorry to these I damage.”
However he denied the accusations within the lawsuit in a 2021 submitting, saying any accidents executed or damages incurred by Barnett weren’t his doing.
LaBeouf is finest recognized for his roles in 2007′s “Transformers” and in 2008′s “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.” He additionally starred within the 2019 movie “The Peanut Butter Falcon” and in last year’s “Megalopolis.”
Recognized for her genre-bending musical kinds, FKA Twigs labored as a backup dancer for different artists earlier than releasing her studio debut, “LP1,” in 2014. She adopted it with 2019’s Magdalene and “Eusexua” from earlier this yr. As an actor, she appeared in 2024’s “The Crow.”
