Shia LaBeouf lands first performing function since ex FKA Twigs abuse allegations

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf has landed his first movie function since his ex-girlfriend and singer FKA twigs sued him for sexual battery, assault and the infliction of emotional misery.

LaBeouf not too long ago signed on for his subsequent performing function amid allegations of abuse by his ex. The actor has been solid in a brand new film by legendary director Abel Ferrara about an Italian saint, reported Variety.

Ferrara, who has helmed ‘King of New York’ and ‘The Funeral’, revealed the casting information in an interview with Variety saying LaBeouf had signed on to play Saint Padre Pio.

“We’re doing a film about Padre Pio, he’s a monk from Puglia. It’s set in Italy right after World War I. He’s not a saint, he had stigmata,” Ferrara mentioned.

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“He was also in the middle of a very heavy political period in world history. He was very young before he became a saint, so Shia LaBeouf is going to play the monk,” the director added.

LaBeouf is presently dealing with a lawsuit introduced on by FKA twigs, through which she claims he sexually and bodily assaulted and battered her, and knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted illness. FKA twigs, who was born Tahliah Barnett, additionally alleged a number of cases of bodily abuse within the paperwork.

She mentioned that at instances throughout their 9-month relationship again in 2018 she even feared for her life.

The ‘Transformers’ actor’s authorized workforce denied all the claims. His legal professionals deny that she suffered any damages or accidents from LaBeouf and asserted that her sexual battery claims must be dismissed as a result of “none of the acts alleged were based on sex and/or the conduct was not sexual.”

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Since the allegations got here to mild, the actor made headlines for being fired from Olivia Wilde’s sophomore drama characteristic ‘Don’t Worry Darling’, which People journal confirmed in late December.

Netflix additionally dropped LaBeouf’s title from its awards marketing campaign web site for the Vanessa Kirby movie, ‘Pieces of a Woman’.

In February, a supply advised People journal that the actor was stepping away from his expertise company CAA and would take an performing hiatus as he did inpatient therapy. The supply added LaBeouf’s break is “so that he can get the help he needs” amid the lawsuit.

In May, People journal discovered that the actor was ordered to finish a judicial diversion program for misdemeanour battery and theft expenses from a separate incident in June 2020. LaBeouf’s previous is riddled with strife, as he has struggled with dependancy to medication and alcohol and has had a number of public breakdowns, after rising to fame as a younger star on Disney Channel’s ‘Even Stevens’.