Singer FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf for sexual battery, says he ‘strangled’ her during ‘living nightmare’

Singer FKA twigs has filed a sexual battery lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf, claiming the actor mentally and physically abused her during a “living nightmare” relationship.

In a complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles, the singer whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett says she started dating LaBeouf after their movie “Honey Boy” wrapped and they moved in together in October 2018.

(L) FKA Twigs attends The BRIT Awards 2020 at The O2 Arena on February 18, 2020 in London, England. (R) Actor Shia LaBeouf attends "The Peanut Butter Falcon" UK Premiere during 63rd BFI London Film Festival at the Embankment Gardens Cinema on October 03, 2019 in London, England.
(L) FKA Twigs attends The BRIT Awards 2020 at The O2 Arena on February 18, 2020 in London, England. (R) Actor Shia LaBeouf attends “The Peanut Butter Falcon” UK Premiere during 63rd BFI London Film Festival at the Embankment Gardens Cinema on October 03, 2019 in London, England. (Getty Images)

Barnett, 32, says LaBeouf, 34, started “belittling her and berating her after the slightest perceived insult” and later “become increasingly violent.”

“On one occasion around Valentine’s Day 2019, LaBeouf forcibly slammed Tahliah against his car and strangled her after she was trying to escape from one of his manic tirades,” the lawsuit obtained by investigators states.

Singer FKA twigs and actor Shia LaBeouf attend the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2019 in Park City, Utah.
Singer FKA twigs and actor Shia LaBeouf attend the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2019 in Park City, Utah. (Ray Tamarra/GC Images)

“Shia LeBeouf hurts women. He uses them. He abuses them both physically and mentally. He is dangerous,” the complaint states.

“For too long, LaBeouf has sought to excuse his reprehensible actions as the eccentricities of a free-thinking ‘artist,’” it says.

Shia LaBeouf and FKA twigs are spotted on the Seine river on September 30, 2018 in Paris, France.
Shia LaBeouf and FKA twigs are spotted on the Seine river on September 30, 2018 in Paris, France. (Melodie Jeng/GC Images)

It claims LaBeouf has been treated as a “harmless figure of fun” in the media, enabling him to “perpetuate his cycle of abuse of women.”

Attempts to reach LaBeouf’s publicist were not immediately successful Friday.

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