Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested after alleged fight during Mardi Gras in New
Orleans
[February 18, 2026]
By JUAN A. LOZANO
Actor Shia LaBeouf has been arrested after being accused of hitting two
men early Tuesday morning during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans,
police said.
LaBeouf was charged with two counts of simple battery, New Orleans
police said in a statement.
Officers were called to a business around the French Quarter at about
12:45 a.m. after allegedly "causing a disturbance and becoming
increasingly aggressive” inside, police said. Police did not say what
type of business it was.
An employee tried to remove LaBeouf and once outside, the actor
allegedly hit a man “multiple times with closed fists,” police said.
Witnesses told police that LaBeouf left the area but later returned and
continued to act aggressively.
“Multiple individuals attempted to restrain him, releasing him in hopes
he would leave,” police said.
The man who was first allegedly hit by LaBeouf told police the actor hit
him again. Another man told officers that LaBeouf also allegedly punched
him in the nose.
“He was held down until officers arrived,” police said.
LaBeouf was taken to a hospital for treatment of unknown injuries and
after being released, he was arrested and taken into custody by police.
Court and jail records did not list an attorney who could speak on
behalf of LaBeouf. Emails to LaBeouf’s publicists were not immediately
returned.
LaBeouf has had several run-ins with the law during his career,
including an early 2017 New York arrest for public drunkenness and
disorderly conduct that was captured on a livestream video. He was sent
to court-mandated rehabilitation.
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Shia LaBeouf appears at the premiere of "The Phoenician Scheme" at
the 78th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, on
May 18, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
 Later that summer, he was arrested
in Georgia for public drunkenness and accused of disorderly conduct
and obstruction, when he was on location filming “The Peanut Butter
Falcon,” and sentenced to probation. In 2020, he was charged with
misdemeanor battery and petty theft in Los Angeles.
That year, the English singer and actor FKA Twigs, whose legal name
is Tahliah Barnett, also filed a lawsuit alleging LaBeouf was
physically and emotionally abusive to her during their relationship,
which they settled in July.
Barnett said LaBeouf put her in a constant state of fear and
humiliation, once slammed her into a car, tried to strangle her and
knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease.
LaBeouf apologized in a statement after the lawsuit was filed. He
also denied the accusations in the lawsuit in a 2021 filing, saying
any injuries done or damages incurred by Barnett were not his doing.
The 39-year-old first gained acclaim as a child for his role on the
Disney Channel series “Even Stevens,” and continued working steadily
into adulthood. He is perhaps best known for his roles in 2007′s
“Transformers” and in 2008′s “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.”
LaBeouf shares a daughter, born in 2022, with actor Mia Goth.
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AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr contributed to this report.
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