Shia LaBeouf addresses FKA Twigs abuse allegations: ‘I hurt that woman. I was a selfish, dishonest human being’

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accusing LaBeouf of sexual battery and physical and verbal abuse, something he has denied.The case is set to be heard in 2023 but the actor previously said in an email to Variety that while he accepted his ‘failings with Twigs are real and fundamental, they are not the narrative that has been presented.’He added at the time: ‘There is a time and a place to deal with such things, and I am trying to navigate a nuanced situation with respect for her and the truth, hence my silence.’LaBeouf has appeared to address the allegations from Twigs on Jon Bernthal’s Real Ones podcast, where he said: ‘I hurt that woman. ‘And, in the process of doing that, I hurt many other people, and many other people before that woman. ‘I was a pleasure-seeking, selfish, self-centered, dishonest, inconsiderate, fearful human being.

When I think about what my life has become, and what it is now, like what my purpose is now… I need to be useful. ‘And when I look at this #MeToo environment, there’s not a whole lot of dudes that are taking accountability.’Although LaBeouf did not reference Twigs by name, he added: ‘I f**ked up bad.

Like crash and burn type s**t. [I] hurt a lot of people, and I’m fully aware of that. ‘And I’m going to owe for the rest of my life. [I have a] long list of people that I need to make amends to.’He admitted his accuser was a ‘saint and added: that she ‘saved my f**king life.’LaBeouf added: ‘Had she not intervened in my life and not created the avenue for me to experience ego death, I’d either have a really mediocre existence or I’d be dead in full.’He insisted that he had turned his life around since, explaining: ‘I’m in the tribe of the f**k-ups.