New Orleans prosecutors file formal battery charges against Shia LaBeouf
Prosecutors opt not to pursue hate-crime charges over February incident despite anti-gay slurs captured on videoNew Orleans state prosecutors on Thursday filed formal misdemeanor battery charges against Shia LaBeouf, four...
By Ramon Antonio Vargas · The Guardian World
Prosecutors opt not to pursue hate-crime charges over February incident despite anti-gay slurs captured on video New Orleans state prosecutors on Thursday filed formal misdemeanor battery charges against Shia LaBeouf , four months after police officers there arrested him on allegations that he struck three men at a bar. That move from the office of local district attorney Jason Williams means prosecutors opted to not pursue hate-crime charges against LaBeouf, the star of the Transformers film franchise, despite claims evidently supported by video that LaBeouf aimed anti-gay slurs at the alleged victims. Continue reading...