Shia LaBeouf Pleads Guilty to Assault and Is Ordered Into Alcohol Treatment

American actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of assault stemming from a fight he was involved in during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans last February, U.S. media reported overnight Wednesday into Thursday.

According to the report, the court on Thursday sentenced LaBeouf to six months' probation and two years of supervised probation. The incident took place on February 17 at a bar in the French Quarter of the city. According to police reports and footage from the scene, LaBeouf was removed from the bar by security guards, then shoved one man to the floor and punched another in the face. As a result of the blow, there was concern that the victim's nose had been broken.

Judge Juana Marin-Lombard ruled that as part of the sentence, LaBeouf must take part in an alcohol rehabilitation program and stay away from the three victims involved in the case and from the establishment where the fight took place.

The actor's attorney, Sarah Cherbinski, said that LaBeouf chose to take responsibility for his actions and now wants to focus on his career and his family. In response to claims by one of those involved, local entertainer Geoffrey Klein, that LaBeouf used homophobic slurs during the incident, the defense argued that it was a "minor scuffle" and that there was no basis for allegations of discrimination or bias.

This is not the 39-year-old actor's first legal trouble. In 2017, he was arrested in Georgia for disorderly conduct and public intoxication, and in July he reached a settlement in a civil lawsuit filed against him by his former partner, British singer FKA Twigs, over assault and emotional distress.