'You're scaring my people.' Shia LaBeoufs alleged stalker arrested after posting viral video
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Set us as preferred Shia LaBeouf’s alleged stalker has been arrested after posting a video of the actor asking to be left alone.According to Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office booking records, Alyssa Lee Couture, 40, was arrested Monday night and booked on a misdemeanor charge of stalking.
Hours earlier, Couture had posted a video of a confrontation with LaBeouf in what appeared to be a grocery store parking lot.The “Honey Boy” actor is shown speaking to Couture through the window of a car.
“Leave me alone.God bless you.
Leave me alone,” LaBeouf says calmly in the video.“You’re scaring my dad.
You’re scaring my people.Leave me alone.”Couture has posted more than 5,000 videos on her Instagram, most of which feature the woman addressing the embattled actor, whom she appears to believe is her husband.
In a GoFundMe launched in May, Couture wrote that she was hoping to raise $70,000 to find permanent housing and that she had been living in her car and staying with family members.She also wrote that she had schizophrenia, among other disabilities.
Although the New Orleans Police Department does not identify Couture’s stalking victim as LaBeouf due to privacy policies, the timeline of her booking appears to line up with the confrontation with LaBeouf.According to People, LaBeouf left Los Angeles after his split from actor Mia Goth last year and relocated to Louisiana to be closer to family.In June, he pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery, months after he went viral for his involvement in a Mardi Gras altercation in New Orleans.
The actor, 39, was arrested in New Orleans on Feb.17.
At the time, New Orleans police confirmed LaBeouf was charged with two counts of simple battery for allegedly assaulting two men near a bar in the French Quarter.TMZ published bystander video of the incident and foota...