Overview
- LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of simple battery in New Orleans criminal court on Wednesday, June 3, resolving charges tied to a Feb. 17 Mardi Gras confrontation outside a Royal Street bar.
- As part of the deal he will avoid immediate jail time and be placed on probation with court-ordered anger-management, substance treatment and regular testing.
- Police reports and multiple videos cited in court show a shirtless LaBeouf striking and shoving people during the incident, with one report saying a victim’s nose was possibly dislocated and witnesses naming entertainer Jeffrey Klein as one of those struck.
- Judge Simone Levine earlier raised his bond to $100,000 and ordered weekly drug testing while the case moved through the courts, and the judge denied a request for extended travel from the New Orleans area.
- Prosecutors declined to seek hate-crime enhancements over reported homophobic slurs, and some outlets published a differing account of the plea terms, but court filings and DA statements confirm the case closed without jail time and with ongoing supervision.