The "Transformers" actor said he was "deeply
ashamed of my behavior" and "my actions warrant a very sincere
apology to the arresting officers, and I am grateful for their
restraint," in a statement posted on his Twitter page.
LaBeouf, 31, was arrested in the lobby of his Savannah hotel in
the early hours of Saturday, booked into jail and released a few
hours later, police said.
Four videos from police bodycams released by the Savannah
Chatham Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday show LaBeouf
being handcuffed and becoming increasingly irate, throwing
expletive-filled insults at both the male and female officers
and questioning whether they were American.
In his apology, LaBeouf said: "My outright disrespect for
authority is problematic to say the least, and completely
destructive to say the worst."
"It is a new low. A low I hope is a bottom. I have been
struggling with addiction publicly for far too long, and I am
actively taking steps towards securing my sobriety and hope I
can be forgiven for my mistakes," he said.
LaBeouf, who rose to fame on the Disney Channel before moving
into action and independent movies, previously sought treatment
for alcoholism, following a 2014 arrest for disturbing a
performance of the musical "Cabaret" in New York.
He pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct violation and received
outpatient care for addiction.
More recently, LaBeouf was arrested in January after a scuffle
outside a New York museum where he was chanting: "He will not
divide us" during a live-streamed protest against President
Donald Trump.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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