Shia LaBeouf Gets Probation After Pleading Guilty To Punching Bargoers During Mardi Gras

LOADINGERROR LOADINGNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Actor Shia LaBeouf was sentenced to probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to punching three people outside a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras.LaBeouf must attend an alcohol treatment program under the sentence handed down by an Orleans Parish judge, according to Sarah Chervinsky, an attorney for the actor.Advertisement LeBeouf, most widely known for his starring roles in 2007’s “Transformers” and in 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull,” had been released on bail following his arrest near the city’s historic French Quarter.Video of the Feb.

17 encounter shows a shirtless LaBeouf outside a bar shoving one person to the ground and hitting another person in the face, “causing his nose to possibly dislocate,” according to a New Orleans police report.Police said LaBeouf repeatedly used homophobic slurs, including while he was arrested.LeBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery.

Orleans Parish Judge Juana Marine-Lombard handed the actor a six month suspended sentence and two years of probation.LaBeouf also must stay away from the victims and the bar.Chervinsky said LaBeouf wanted “to take accountability for his part in what happened” and called it a “minor Mardi Gras bar tussle.” Chervinsky said there was “no evidence it was about bias or prejudice.”Advertisement FILE - In this Nov.

3, 2019, file photo, Shia LaBeouf arrives at the 23rd annual Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.LeBeouf has converted to Catholicism after being confirmed on New Year’s Eve at a Mass presided over by Capuchin Franciscan friars.

The Capuchin Franciscans-Western American Province announced the news on its Facebook site where it posted images of a smiling LeBeouf receiving Communion, kneeling with his eyes shut in prayer at Mass and hugging friars who attended the ceremony.(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, FileOrleans Parish Dis...