FKA twigs has settled her sexual abuse lawsuit in opposition to her ex-boyfriend, Shia LaBeouf, out of courtroom.
In 2020, FKA twigs sued LaBeouf for sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional misery. On Monday, the musician requested Los Angeles Superior Courtroom to dismiss the case in opposition to LaBeouf with prejudice, which means she will be able to’t refile any additional claims.
“Dedicated to forging a constructive path ahead, we’ve got agreed to settle our case out of courtroom,” FKA twigs’ lawyer Bryan Freedman and LaBeouf’s lawyer Shawn Holley mentioned in a joint assertion on behalf of their purchasers. “Whereas the main points of the settlement will stay personal, we want one another private happiness, skilled success, and peace sooner or later.”
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FKA twigs, born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, started courting LaBeouf after assembly on the set of 2019’s Honey Boy. In her lawsuit, she accused the actor of repeated acts of bodily violence and knowingly giving her a sexually transmitted illness. A second former companion of LaBeouf’s, a stylist named Karolyn Pho, detailed equally abusive habits in the identical lawsuit.
For his half, LaBeouf has denied all wrongdoing. On the time of the lawsuit’s submitting, he emailed The New York Occasions an announcement saying, “I’m not in any place to inform anybody how my habits made them really feel. I’ve no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, solely rationalizations. I’ve been abusive to myself and everybody round me for years. I’ve a historical past of injuring the individuals closest to me. I’m ashamed of that historical past and am sorry to these I damage.”
He later addressed the allegations in a 2022 podcast interview. With out mentioning FKA twigs by title, he admitted, “I damage that lady. And within the technique of doing that, I damage many different individuals, and plenty of different individuals earlier than that lady.”