Shia LaBeouf Faces New Arrest Warrant for Battery in New Orleans Fight

A new arrest warrant has been issued against Shia LaBeouf as the actor now faces a third count of battery stemming from an incident in New Orleans.

Earlier this week, LaBeouf was ordered to take a drug test and return to rehab after he was arrested for striking two people in a fight outside a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras weekend. 

While LaBeouf initially avoided jail time in that case, 4WWL in Louisiana reports that the New Orleans Police Department has a new arrest warrant for a third count of simple battery related to an additional victim during that same scuffle outside of the R Bar. CBS News reports that LaBeouf was arrested on the additional battery charge Saturday.

LaBeouf was arrested on February 17 after “causing a disturbance” and getting increasingly “aggressive” before he struck two people during a scuffle outside a bar near the French Quarter, according to law enforcement. A police report claimed LaBeouf shouted homophobic slurs at the people he was fighting with. Soon after this arrest and his release without bail, LaBeouf was seen partying back on Bourbon Street.

During a hearing earlier this week, Orleans Parish Criminal Court Judge Simone Levine chastised LaBeouf from the bench, saying he didn’t seem like he was taking “his alcohol addiction seriously” and expressed doubt he could “handle his alcohol.” Levine further denied LaBeouf’s request to travel to Rome in March for “religious observations,” which included his father’s baptism. 

“This court does not believe he understands the level of seriousness when it comes to these allegations,” Levine said, adding that LaBeouf’s actions were a cause of concern regarding “the safety of this larger community, especially relative to a marginalized [LBGTQ+] community that has gone through so much terror.” 

LaBeouf, who was not arraigned on the charges, avoided jail time by agreeing to seek treatment and bailing out on a $100,000 bond; LaBeouf has been previously vocal about his purported sobriety, disclosing in 2020 that he was in therapy and a 12-step program after FKA Twigs accused him of physical, emotional, and mental abuse during their relationship.

Months before LaBeouf’s arrest, his increasingly erratic behavior sparked concern on the set of his upcoming movie The Rooster Prince, production sources for the film told Rolling Stone. “He was completely wild,” says one production member who worked on the Oklahoma film set last November. “I don’t think he’s stable. I don’t know that he’s been stable for a while.”