US actor Shia LaBeouf arrested for battery after Mardi Gras brawl in New Orleans

US actor Shia LaBeouf’s Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans allegedly took a violent turn on Tuesday morning, landing him in hospital and facing charges of battery. The New Orleans Police Department confirmed that officers arrested the Megalopolis and Honey Boy actor, 39, at 12.45am in the city’s famed French Quarter. He was charged with two counts of simple battery for allegedly assaulting two men. A representative for the Transformers star did not immediately respond to a request for...

By Tribune News Service