Shia LaBeouf
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans judge on Thursday ordered actor Shia LaBeouf to return to drug and alcohol rehab and set bail at $100,000 after the movie star was charged with two counts of assault for an alleged assault outside a bar during Mardi Gras.
LaBeouf, who appeared in court wearing a wool jacket and jeans tucked into cowboy boots, was also reprimanded by the judge for allegedly yelling homophobic slurs while punching several people near the French Quarter. The police report said LaBeouf dislocated a victim’s nose.
The judge ordered LaBeouf, 39, to undergo weekly drug tests, including one at the courthouse. LaBeouf agreed and his attorney said the test showed no illegal substances in his system.
Orleans District Criminal Court Judge Simone Levine called the episode earlier this month a concern for “the safety of this larger community, especially in relation to a marginalized community that has been through so much terror,” referring to the LGBTQ+ community.
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Jeffrey Damn via AP
“This defendant does not take his alcohol addiction seriously,” Levine said. “This court does not believe you understand the level of seriousness of these allegations.”
LaBeouf posted bail and declined to comment to reporters. He has not yet formally pleaded guilty to the charges.
“No, I won’t say a word,” he said in the courthouse hallway as he returned from undergoing a drug and alcohol test before the judge’s order. “God bless you, leave me alone.”
Jeffrey Damnit, a local entertainer identified in the police report as Jeffrey Klein, previously told The News that LaBeouf repeatedly hit him and used homophobic slurs while threatening his life. Damnit said he believed LaBeouf attacked him because he was wearing makeup and eyeliner.
“This guy wants me to be dead because I wear makeup,” Damnit said. “It’s kind of fucked up.”
via News
The judge said that when she originally released LaBeouf without bail just hours after his arrest on Feb. 17, she had not previously had access to a police report that describes the actor allegedly using homophobic slurs when he returned to a bar and punching people with a closed fist after they asked him to leave. Videos of the altercations have emerged showing LaBeouf punching several people.
After LaBeouf was released, the actor was seen in the French Quarter dancing in the streets at Mardi Gras.
Levine ordered LaBeouf to stay away from the victims and the bar where the episode occurred.
The judge denied a request by LaBeouf to travel to Rome in March for “religious observances, including the baptism of his father.”
Levine said during the hearing that he was concerned about whether LaBeouf “could handle his alcohol.”
“Frankly,” LaBeouf’s attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, told the judge, “being drunk at Mardi Gras is not a crime.”
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Brook is a corps member for The News/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.