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Shia LaBeouf pleads guilty to simple battery for punching bargoers during Mardi Gras
LaBeouf received a suspended sentence and probation after prosecutors said he struck two men and a staff member during the altercation.
- Actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of simple battery following a Feb. Mardi Gras altercation at a New Orleans bar.
- Police records allege the 39-year-old actor became combative with staff, shoving one individual to the ground and punching another, causing his nose to possibly dislocate.
- LaBeouf received a six-month suspended sentence and two years of active probation, with court-ordered anger management and sensitivity training.
- Defense attorney Sarah Chervinsky said the investigation proved it was a "Mardi Gras bar tussle," noting LaBeouf "came to court wanting to take accountability, and he has done so."
- Victim representative Michael Kennedy stated he hopes mandatory treatment is "taken seriously," adding that in New Orleans, "we don't treat people different based upon relative fame.
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The actor received the judge's verdict regarding the incident he starred in last February at a New Orleans bar during Mardi Grass
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