sexual battery lawsuit filed by FKA twigs continues.Last December, twigs (real name Tahliah Barnett) sued her ex-boyfriend for alleged sexual battery, citing a pattern of “relentless abuse” that included “assault and infliction of emotional distress”.In court documents filed in February, LaBeouf’s legal team denied “each and every” accusation in the claim.
The documents also state the allegation of sexual battery is wrong “because none of the acts alleged were based on sex.”Now, amid attempts at a settlement between the pair (as originally reported by The NY Daily News in June), director Abel Ferrara told Variety this week that he has cast LaBeouf in his next film.
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