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Shia LaBeouf is being sued by ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs.
The English singer-songwriter, 32, claims that Transformer actor Shia, 34, physically abused her and gave her an STD, in papers filed in LA, according to The New York Times.
FKA Twigs – who says she is not suing Shia for his money but to warn other women – details the alleged abuse in the legal paperwork – including claims that Shia – who she dated for less than 12-months before ending the relationship in May 2019 – once slammed her up against a car and attempted to strangle her.
Another incident she alleges is that the former Disney child star pulled a pistol on her when they were driving.
Elsewhere in the documents, she goes on to claim that the Daytime Emmy Award winner would get very jealous and she would be condemned by him if she did not meet his requirements to feel loved.
He once threatened to crash the car they were in unless she vowed that she loved him, she adds in the filing.
Other allegations include that Shia had also taken the lives of stray dogs as he wanted to get into the mindset of a killer.
FKA Twigs – real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett – says that Shia was afraid of gang members targeting him so he would sleep with guns.
Cheltenham native FKA Twigs also alleges that Shia knowingly gave her an STD – which she believes she contracted last year.
She also alleges that Shia confessed to having the STD and that he covered the symptoms with make-up.
In response to the legal filing – that FKA Twigs is suing for unspecified damages – Shia told the New York Times: “Although many of these allegations are not true. I am not in the position to defend any of my actions.
“I owe these women the opportunity to air their statements publicly and accept accountability for those thing I have done. As someone in recovery, I have to face almost daily reminders of things I did say and do when I was drinking.”
He adds: “It has always been easy for me to accept responsibility when my behavior reflects poorly on myself, but it’s much harder to accept the knowledge that I may have caused great pain to others.
“I can’t rewrite history. I can only accept it and work to be better in the future. I write this as a sober member of a twelve-step program and in therapy for my many failings.”