ADVERTISEMENT Singer-songwriter FKA Twigs has agreed to a settlement with actor Shia LaBeouf over her long-running lawsuit for sexual battery, according to her lawyers.
The 37-year-old English singer, whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, filed a request in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday to dismiss her case against her former boyfriend with prejudice, meaning she will not be able to refile the claims in the future.
“Committed to forging a constructive path forward, we have agreed to settle our case out of court”, FKA Twigs and LaBeouf said in a joint statement issued by their attorneys on Tuesday.
“We wish each other personal happiness, professional success and peace in the future.” The details of the settlement remain confidential.
FKA Twigs sued LaBeouf in 2020 for sexual battery, assault and intentional affliction of emotional distress during their relationship.
The pair met in 2018 when FKA Twigs starred in “Honey Boy”, an autobiographical film about LaBeouf’s upbringing as a child actor.
After an initial “charm offensive”, the relationship turned into “a living nightmare”, with “a continuous stream of verbal and mental abuse”, the lawsuit said.
FKA Twigs said the actor isolated her from her friends and family.
The suit also detailed allegations of physical violence, including an instance in 2019 in which “LaBeouf forcibly slammed Tahliah against his car and then strangled her.”
The singer also accused LaBeouf of having knowingly given her a sexually transmitted disease.
“Shia LaBeouf hurts women He uses them. He abuses them, both physically and mentally”, the lawsuit read.
“I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years”, LaBeouf said in an email to the New York Times shortly after the suit was filed.
“I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt.”
He later denied all accusations of wrongdoing against FKA Twigs.
In 2024, LaBeouf revealed that FKA Twigs was seeking $10 million in damages, the Guardian reported. His legal team claimed the figure was excessive and argued the singer “appears to have increased her profile in the years after her relationship with Shia and her career appears to be thriving.”
“While my client was led to believe that LaBeouf was on a path of taking responsibility and working a program, it is clear he intends his pattern of continuing to abuse the victim”, FKA Twigs’ lawyer responded at the time, according to the Guardian.
The case dragged on for several years and was originally meant to go to trial last year, before it was postponed to September 2025.
