FKA Twigs has filed a lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf accusing the actor of sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress.
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“I’d like to be able to raise awareness on the tactics that abusers use to control you and take away your agency,” FKA Twigs, 32, told the New York Times.
FKA Twigs, born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, outlined numerous allegations of abuse against the actor. She claims LaBeouf once woke her up in the middle of the night and was choking her. Additionally, she said LaBeouf would squeeze or grab her to the point of bruising, but did not go to the police out of fear of harming his career and concern that she wouldn’t be taken seriously.
The couple were in a relationship for just under a year as Barnett said LaBeouf convinced her to live with him in Los Angeles. While they lived together, she detailed frightening allegations including LaBeouf keeping a loaded gun by the bedside and fear of using the bathroom at night so she wouldn’t be mistaken for an intruder.
In the lawsuit, Barnett alleges LaBeouf knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease. She also states that LaBeouf had rules for how many times a day she had to kiss and touch him.
“I’m not in any position to tell anyone how my behavior made them feel,” LaBeouf said in an email to the New York Times. “I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations. I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years. I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt. There is nothing else I can really say.”
In the lawsuit, FKA Twigs says she plans to donate a significant portion of monetary damages to domestic-violence charities.
“What I went through with Shia was the worst thing I’ve ever been through in the whole of my life,” she told the New York Times. “I don’t think people would ever think that it would happen to me. But I think that’s the thing. It can happen to anybody.”
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