Shia LaBeouf’s red carpet return criticised after alleged FKA Twigs abuse

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FKA Twigs.LaBeouf returned to the red carpet in Cannes to promote his new film, Megalopolis, from director Frances Ford Coppola.FKA Twigs was previously in a relationship with the actor, and after their split came forward with accusations of abuse – citing physical and verbal abuse, sexual battery and emotional distress.She first filed the lawsuit in 2020, and stated that LaBeouf was a danger to women and had slammed her into a car, tried to strangle her and knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease.His lawyers responded at the time by saying he did not cause her harm, and the actor has said he denied “each and every allegation” raised against him.On social media, his decision to return to the red carpet at Cannes promoted criticism and a flurry of Tweets.

One user re-quoted an article that asked: “Is anyone cancelled at Cannes?” while another asked: “Why is Cannes so obsessed with redeeming men accused of abuse and sexual assault?”Another accused the actor of treating Cannes like a “redemption tour” while abuse claims lingered, while a number of others simply used red carpet footage as a means to remind others of the charges and upcoming trial.In an interview with Vogue in March, Twigs recalled how experiencing abuse can have an impact on physical health, as well as emotional.Speaking about the split, she told the outlet that she expected her separation from LaBeouf to “be like any other break-up” and thought “I’d be sad for six months to a year, and then one day I’d wake up and everything would be fine.”“But the fact is being abused changes the whole of your nervous system,” she added, also going on to explain that the relationship has made her “‘window of tolerance is now much smaller than it used to be”.“My.