Drunken Shia LaBeouf In Trouble With Cops Again
It seemed for a time that Shia LaBeouf had changed, but now he's gone right back to his unruly ways and got himself arrested after a drunken altercation with a stranger. Reports say the incident occurred after he was refused a cigarette, and ended up trying to escape cops by running to a hotel.
In the early hours of Saturday morning (July 8th 2017), police arrested Shia LaBeouf in Savannah, Georgia for disorderly conduct, obstruction and public drunkenness according to TMZ. It seems he asked a man in the street for a cigarette, was refused, and ended up aggressively shouting and swearing. Cops got involved, Shia tried to avoid arrest by running into a hotel where he was caught and taken into custody.
'He became disorderly, using profanities and vulgar language in front of the women and children present', police said in a statement obtained by Fox News. 'He was told to leave the area and refused, becoming aggressive toward the officer.'
He was later released after posting a $7,000 bond. The incident was reminiscent of some of his past behaviours. In January, he was taken in for misdemeanor assault and harassment after a fight at a Donald Trump rally; in 2015 he was done for public intoxication; in 2014 it was a disorderly conduct and criminal trespass charge at a theatre performance of 'Cabaret'; and he was also booked for misdemeanor drunk driving in 2008.
Shia was in the area shooting 'The Peanut Butter Falcon'. It certainly comes as quite a disappointment for those who were rooting for the 31-year-old actor. Only last year did he tell Variety that he had given up alcohol, acknowledging that he had a serious problem.
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'Alcohol or any of that s**t will send you haywire. I can't f*** with none of it. I've got to keep my head low', he said. 'I got a Napoleonic complex. I start drinking and I feel smaller than I am, and I get louder than I should. It's just not for me, dude.'