Hours after being arrested following an alleged Mardi Gras get together combat, Shia LaBeouf returned to the New Orleans festivities.
Based on photographs obtained by the Every day Mail on Tuesday, February 17, LaBeouf, 39, was noticed holding a plastic cup of what appeared to be beer as he stood watching the annual celebration alongside fellow get together goers. The outlet acknowledged that the pictures had been taken earlier that day. (The actor was arrested simply after midnight on Tuesday.)
Different photographs captured LeBeouf hugging a girl on the sidewalk, strolling on his personal all through the festivities and checking his cellphone. He wore darkish slacks, a white graphic T-shirt and sun shades for the outing.
The Transformers star’s arrest adopted an obvious bodily altercation that noticed paramedics known as to the scene. Per court docket paperwork obtained by Us WeeklyLeBeouf is now going through two counts of easy battery.
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Us Weekly has reached out to police and LeBeouf’s workforce for remark.
Following his arrest, TMZ — which was first to report the information — launched an 18-second video that was allegedly filmed on the scene. The footage confirmed LeBeouf with no shirt whereas talking to anyone within the metropolis’s French Quarter, which serves as the middle for Mardi Gras festivities.
The video additionally confirmed LeBeouf sitting within the open trunk of a police car as he spoke to paramedics and positioned a white T-shirt atop his head. A separate set of photographs confirmed the previous Disney Channel star seated behind an ambulance. An eyewitness instructed the outlet that LaBeouf had been escorted out of a bar previous to the alleged altercation going down.
Further reporting by The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday claimed that LeBeouf “appeared for a digital listening to earlier than a decide on the Justice of the Peace Division of Orleans Parish Felony Courtroom” earlier than being launched by Decide Simone Levine who “made a degree that the actor acknowledge that he should attend future court docket dates.”
Us confirmed {that a} pre-trial listening to is scheduled for March 19.
Within the altercation’s wake, Web page Six reported that LeBeouf is now residing in New Orleans following his breakup from Mia Gothwhich occurred practically one 12 months in the past, per a number of stories. Based on the outlet, LeBeouf’s transfer from Los Angeles, the place Goth, 32, is elevating the pair’s daughter, Isabel, 3, allowed him to be nearer to different New Orleans members of the family. It’s unclear if Goth and LeBeouf have filed for divorce.
LeBeouf, who has skilled a number of alcohol-related public incidents prior to now, mentioned his sobriety throughout a Might 2025 interview with THR the place he attributed his well being to fellow actors. “(Mel Gibson), Sean Penn, James Brolin — these guys bought me to sobriety. They bought round me and stored me alive,” he instructed the outlet on the time. “Sean additionally confirmed up and motivated me to do that as a play. I used to be scared as f*** when this factor began. He was there week one. Sam Rockwell got here. There was a bunch of fellows that I appeared as much as that simply began popping up. I had by no means, ever felt that form of love — not like that.”
LeBeouf’s ups and downs embody being accused of alleged “relentless abuse” and sexual battery in opposition to ex-girlfriend FKA twigs in December 2020. LeBeouf denied the allegations on the time and Us reported in July 2025 that the singer, 38, had dropped her lawsuit in opposition to him.