FKA twigs has filed a brand new lawsuit in opposition to Shia LaBeouf, claiming the actor is making an attempt to ban her from publicly discussing the alleged sexual abuse she skilled throughout their relationship or any extra points associated to sexual violence.
In 2020, twigs (actual identify Tahliah Barnett) sued the actor, accusing him of months of “bodily, sexual, and psychological abuse.” After years of delays, the jury trial was set to start out in September 2025 however the events reached a settlement earlier than it started. In line with the brand new lawsuit, which was obtained by Pitchfork, this was accomplished to permit “LaBeouf to keep away from a public and embarrassing jury trial and doubtlessly monumental damages for his conduct.”
Matthew Rosengart, a lawyer for the singer-songwriter, now claims inside this settlement was an “illegal NDA,” which was included to stop “Ms. Barnett not simply from disclosing details about her personal survival of sexual assault and sexual abuse however…from discussing sexual assault and sexual abuse extra usually and as an necessary matter of public concern.” Rosengart provides that the NDA is in violation of California’s STAND Act, which forbids agreements that are supposed to silence sexual assault survivors from talking out.
Pitchfork has reached out to LaBeouf’s representatives for remark.
Barnett’s present grievance stems from an arbitration demand she obtained from LaBeouf in December 2025, which claimed a breach of contract of their preliminary settlement after she talked about in an interview with the The Hollywood Reporter that, following their relationship, she didn’t “really feel protected.” Though the arbitration was finally dismissed, Barnett now seeks judicial treatment, acknowledging that the NDA’s provisions are a part of LaBeouf’s “persevering with efforts to silence” her “as a sexual abuse survivor.” She doesn’t search monetary compensation.
“Ms. Barnett…has nothing to realize from this case both professionally or financially,” Rosengart provides within the grievance. “She recordsdata this motion to proper a flawed, and in addition on behalf of different ladies who’re the victims of sexual and home violence who wouldn’t have the assets to talk out and defend themselves from predators.”
