Fka Twigs Sues Ex-boyfriend Shia Labeouf Over 'unlawful' Nda

Singer-songwriter FKA twigs is suing her ex-boyfriend, character Shia LaBeouf, claiming that he is trying to “silence” her from speaking retired against intersexual maltreatment done nan usage of an “unlawful” nondisclosure agreement.

The complaint, revenge successful Los Angeles Superior Court connected Wednesday, seeks a tribunal bid to prohibit LeBeouf from enforcing sections of an NDA which Tahliah Barnett — nan Grammy grant winning singer’s ineligible sanction — says violates California law.

“Shia LaBeouf has tried to power Tahliah Barnett for nan amended portion of a decade,” nan filing states.

“This action was taken successful consequence to Mr. LaBeouf’s effort to bully and intimidate twigs done a frivolous and unlawful concealed arbitration he revenge against her successful December successful which he sought to extract money from her,” said nan singer’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart, nationalist co-chair of media & intermezo litigation astatine Greenberg Traurig successful Century City, successful a statement.

Rosengart added that twigs “refuses to beryllium bullied anymore. She is alternatively opinionated up for herself and different survivors of intersexual maltreatment who person improperly been silenced. This is nan different lawsuit that is not astir money but astir justness and upholding and enforcing California rule and argumentation designed to protect survivors by nullifying forbidden NDAs.”

LaBeouf’s lawyer Shawn Holley of Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir denied nan claims.

“When Ms. Barnett and Mr. LaBeouf some decided to resoluteness their differences and move connected pinch their lives, nary 1 forced her aliases ‘bullied’ her to enactment silent,” Holley said successful a statement.
“As a female pinch agency, she decided to settee nan lawsuit and accepted money to disregard her lawsuit.”

The suit arises retired of litigation that Barnett brought against LaBeouf successful 2020, erstwhile she accused nan character of “physical, sexual, and intelligence abuse” during their relationship,” arsenic good arsenic “knowingly infect[ing]” Barnett pinch a sexually transmitted disease.” That lawsuit was settled past year.

In a consequence to nan suit, nan character told nan New York Times that “many of these allegations are not true.”

But he added, “I americium not successful nan position to take sides immoderate of my actions. I beryllium these women nan opportunity to aerial their statements publically and judge accountability for those things I person done.”

In his connection Thursday, Holley added that nan declare of intersexual artillery “was disputed, arsenic were nan different claims made successful Ms. Barnett’s lawsuit.”

Shia LaBeouf poses for photographers upon presence astatine nan premiere of nan movie ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ astatine nan 78th world movie festival, Cannes, confederate France, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)

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According to nan caller lawsuit, LaBeouf revenge a concealed arbitration title and “improperly sought exorbitant monies” from Barnett past December, claiming she had breached their statement by violating its nondisclosure provisions aft she gave an question and reply to The Hollywood Reporter successful October.

In nan interview, Barnett was asked if she felt safe and answered that arsenic a female of colour successful nan intermezo industry, she “wouldn’t consciousness safe” and discussed her engagement pinch organizations that support survivors, saying, “I deliberation it’s little astir maine astatine this constituent and much astir looking forward. Just, you know, moving connected pinch my life.”

The statement Barnett reached pinch LaBeouf “contained a deficient and unlawful NDA that is unenforceable,” nether California’s Stand Together Against Non-Disclosure Act (STAND Act), according to nan complaint. The rule forbids NDAs from being utilized to soundlessness victims of intersexual misconduct.

“As nan California Legislature has made clear, survivors should person nan correct to show their stories without fearfulness aliases coercion, and California rule does not and must not let abusers and bullies to soundlessness them done concealed agreements containing unconscionable, unlawful gag orders,” nan title states.

The suit further alleges that while LaBeouf has sought to prohibit Barnett from talking astir her abuse, he has “repeatedly brought up his narration pinch Ms. Barnett—on his ain and without being straight asked astir her—materially breaching nan very confidentiality provisions that he had conscionable contended were afloat enforceable against Ms. Barnett.”

While nan character agreed to driblet nan arbitration successful February, he has “refused to acknowledge, however, that nan NDA provisions are forbidden and unenforceable,” nan filing states.

The latest information successful LaBeouf’s ineligible conflict pinch Barnett comes conscionable weeks aft a New Orleans judge ordered nan character to statesman constituent maltreatment curen and acquisition play supplier testing aft he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting 2 men successful nan city’s French Quarter. LaBeouf was besides required to station $100,000 enslaved arsenic portion of nan conditions of his release. He was charged pinch 2 counts of elemental battery, nan Associated Press reported.