The former Disney Channel star and “Indiana Jones” protégé’s personal life has garnered even more attention than his movies
February 2005
Shia LaBeouf was arrested by the LAPD for assault with a deadly weapon after crashing into their car and then allegedly threatening his neighbor with a kitchen knife.
Nov. 4, 2007
LaBeouf was arrested for misdemeanor criminal trespassing when the manager of a Chicago Walgreens asked him to leave and he refused. The charges were later dropped.
March 2008
A warrant was issued for LaBeouf’s arrest after he failed to appear in court following a February charge of unlawful smoking in Burbank. His lawyer appeared in court the next day and the judge recalled the warrant.
July 27, 2008
LaBeouf’s truck was totaled after a car ran a red light and rammed into him. His left hand was crushed and he was arrested for refusing a breathalyzer test at the scene. The actor was later cleared of all fault for the incident.
Feb. 5, 2011
LaBeouf fought another patron at Mad Bull’s Tavern in Sherman Oaks. He was placed in handcuffs but not arrested, and was later free to go.
Dec. 17, 2013
LaBeouf was accused of plagiarism after his short film “Howard Cantour.com” was compared to Dan Clowes’ comic “Justin M. Damiano.” LaBeouf posted an apology, which was then criticized for being a plagiarism of a Yahoo! Answers post from 2010.
Feb. 9, 2014
LaBeouf walked out of a news conference for “Nymphomaniac” after quoting French footballer Eric Cantona: “When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.”
Feb. 9, 2014 (cont’d)
While walking the red carpet for “Nymphomaniac” at the Berlin Film Festival, LaBeouf sported a paper bag emblazoned with the words “I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE.”
Feb. 11, 2014
LaBeouf kicked off a six-day gallery with performance artists Luke Turner and Nastja Sade Ronkko in Los Angeles. Entitled #IAMSORRY, the performance consisted of the actor wearing a tuxedo and the paper bag, inviting people to come in one at a time, whereupon he would cry in front of them.
June 26, 2014
LaBeouf is charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass for refusing to leave New York’s Studio 54, where Alan Cumming was starring in “Cabaret.” LaBeouf reportedly spat at the arresting officers before using an impolite slur. He later voluntarily agreed to seek treatment.
May 2015
LaBeouf reunites with Turner and Ronkko for #INTRODUCTIONS, a half-hour series of monologues performed in front of a green screen. One of the segments, titled “Just Do It,” which consisted of the actor screaming inspirational messages at the camera, shot to viral status and became the most searched for GIF of 2015, according to Google.
2015
While shooting the 2016 indie drama “American Honey,” the actor got 12 tattoos — including matching Missy Elliot portraits on each knee. “Peer pressure,” he explained to Variety, which noted that director Andrea Arnold worried about changes to his character’s appearance from scene to scene.
November 2015
LaBeouf once again turned the camera on himself with #ALLMYMOVIES, a three day viewing marathon of all his movies that the actor live streamed himself watching.
May 2016
LaBeouf, Turner and Ronkko embarked on a month-long journey called #TAKEMEANYWHERE, in which they would tweet out their coordinates, allow fans to find them and take them anywhere they chose. They started in Colorado and crossed the States before traveling through Canada and ending up in Alaska.
Jan. 26, 2017
LaBeouf was arrested for misdemeanor assault after getting into a fight with a Bronx resident at an anti-Trump rally that LaBeouf has promised to livestream for the entirety of Trump’s presidency. The charges were later dropped.
July 8, 2017
LaBeouf was arrested in Savannah, Georgia, for public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and obstruction — with bodycam footage showing a foul-mouthed tirade at the arresting officers. He pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct, and was fined $1,000 and ordered to receive therapy for anger management and substance abuse.
July 2018
To play a gangster named Creeper in David Ayre’s 2020 thriller “The Tax Collector,” LaBeouf inked his entire torso, including the word “CREEPER” across his stomach — a process artist Bryan Ramirez detailed on Instagram.
